Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)

I will not let on that I am familiar with all the details of the companies that tendered. I tried to give the House as much information as possible on the number of companies that tendered for the second process. It is up to the HSE to decide the most competitive, most efficient and the best tender on offer. I assume it will have done the job well and the company chosen will have some experience of large repayments. While I cannot disclose the figure, the sum of €50 million mentioned by a couple of Members in this House and by others last week is wide off the mark. We were told by the HSE that a significantly lower figure was accepted and will be paid to the company. The contract is for a two-year period and we expect that the repayments will be processed during that period.