Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)

Deputy Tuffy referred to the wastewater treatment plant in Ringsend, with which the Minister and I are extremely familiar. With regard to the proposals to extend the plant, is it planned to engage in a new tendering process or is it envisaged that the same failed consortium will continue to operate the plant? Is the Minister of the view that there might be a change in respect of how the contractual agreement might be arrived at? The scenario relating to the construction of the existing plant was bizarre because the company involved failed to deliver a suitable facility and to provide an efficient and adequate service for the city. However, it was rewarded when the Minister signed a document which allowed it to be paid €38 million or €39 million, even though it had failed to honour its contractual agreement.

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