At this point furious arguments broke out, mainly from organisations in Dublin who had alternative plans centred on the River Liffey, closer to Dublin. Protest meetings were organised, debates were held in the Dáil and pamphlets published against the idea. The Government commissioned four international experts to vet the scheme and they produced a report on the Shannon Scheme approving the centralised approach but suggesting a two-stage development. The Government saw a nation-building project and in April 1925 a bill was presented in the Daíl to implement the project. By August the contract had been signed. It was in two parts, with the first costing £5m and the second £6m. 30% of the cost of the first part was to implement a supply grid to Dublin and other centres.