Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

I will make the point I made earlier but perhaps in a better way. I appreciate nobody can intervene in this process but if there are two competitive tenderers and the cheaper of the two does not have the same access to finance it would have had if the financial crisis had not occurred, it would be reasonable to try to ensure, through the RPA or otherwise, that every effort is made to make finance available from international sources without political involvement, interference or whatever. If it would be cheaper for the taxpayer in the long run to do that, it should be done.

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