Mr. Denis O'Leary:

We had extensive engagement with the Department. At all times, I found the Department to be very good to deal with. It was open, co-operative and approached matters professionally. It provided all the information to the bidder but its interest was in protecting the State. One could say that it was the right approach. In the engagement we had with it, even up to the end, when we were looking for changes to the contract and it was unwilling to accommodate us, the relationship between SIRO, the ESB, Vodafone and the Department throughout the two year period was constructive and good.