Ms Tara Coogan:

It may not be appropriate for me to say this, given that I am with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, but we need to be mindful that this process relating to constitutional justice needs to be seen through. We do not know whether those appeals will take place or what their outcome will be. The case law is settled, however. There is a significant number of civil servants from various Departments in this room. That should say something about how seriously we are dealing with this issue. Obviously, we have to let the facts settle and we will deal with those matters then.