David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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There was a report in the Irish Independentrecently on foot of the Taoiseach's appearance before the finance committee. He told that committee that he could not give a guarantee that the project would go ahead until the final contracts were signed, and that he and the Government would await the assessment. As part of that assessment - and the Department is overseeing that work - has the option of not proceeding with the plan been examined and is it one of the options that was contained in the overall assessment that will then go to the Government? Obviously, there will not be a preference for the Government to choose. However, in the assessment process was the option of not proceeding with the plan considered?