Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy knows, two weeks ago, the Government made a decision to appoint a preferred bidder and now contracts will have to be completed to the satisfaction of the State. We will not sign any contracts until that is done and we are satisfied that all the elements of the deal are in place. We have given an indicative timeline and predicted that the process could take up to six months to complete. While we hope to beat that timeline if possible, we will not commence the roll-out until after that date. It will happen in the final quarter of this year.

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