Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Is it still the Minister's intention to reach a point where the remaining bidder would at some point be made the preferred bidder, and from there we could proceed towards the signing of a contract between the State and that bidder? Before we even get to the starting point, does the Minister have some indicative timeline? Could we assume that within January a preferred bidder will be appointed, and that at some stage between January and April a contract could be signed? At what point do we think it fair to expect that a contract would be hoped to be agreed with the preferred bidder?

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