Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

What kind of fee will Davy Corporate Finance earn from this? Have any potential operators been excluded at this stage? Will Davy Corporate Finance meet operators during any tendering process? Could people in the Department or in An Post not have independently carried out this e-tendering process? We have had grave problems with the e-tender website in a number of other tendering matters and some tenders seem to be like the fourth secret of Fatima. The Minister knows about one competition and prospective bidders trying to get information.

The period of 20 years referred to is a long time. I am coming to the end of my 20th year as a Member of this House. It is a long time and the House has changed incredibly. The Minister of State, Deputy Hayes, might even be leader of Fine Gael by the time this-----

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