Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I can give a brief answer in two phases. The answer to that lies in the work that has already taken place in the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to assess the financial and operational capacity of this consortium to deliver this project. Its assessment is it can and the Department has benchmarked this project and proposal against international standards. As the Deputy will know, when it went to one final bidder in this process, which is what has also happened in the UK on a process like this, the Department re-engaged again to benchmark the final proposal against the criteria I have mentioned.

In terms of the second part of how we assess this, the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment will make a final assessment on the operational and financial capacity of the consortium to deliver the project before the contract is signed.