Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department in the tendering process for terminal two at Dublin Airport which has now been abandoned; when the tendering process began; if the Department's tender document recognised the scale of the project; the plans he has now for the terminal two building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12886/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The consultants appointed by my Department to advise and organise a procurement process relating to the operation of Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport have undertaken their work in two phases. In the 1st phase, the consultants reported on the design and organisation of a procurement process. Having accepted the 1st Phase report, I retained the consultants to organise and run the procurement process. To date the consultants have been paid €699,219.63 (excluding VAT) for work on the 1st and 2nd phases.

The consultants started the formal procurement process in July 2009. The pre-qualification documentation published by the consultants as part of that process set out the proposed scope of the project.

Following the decision to terminate the facilities management procurement process relating to Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport, I announced, on the 10th March, that I was mandating the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to operate Terminal 2, while requiring it to demonstrate that it can do so within a benchmark set by the Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR).

In this context the Determination on Dublin Airport Charges for 2010-2014 made by the Commission for Aviation (CAR) in December last year, has set very specific and stringent operating cost targets for operating an efficient Terminal 2.

I have asked DAA to report back to me within three months on DAA's capacity to operate Terminal 2 satisfactorily with effect from November 2010.