Mr. Brendan Rodgers:

We do have a real influence. We have influenced the developments in the past three years with regard to that Bill not being brought forward. It is a Private Members' Bill but it does not have the support of the whole Government. There is a lady speaker of Parliament and she has been pushing it in recent weeks.

There was a question about how long the investigation will proceed. The CID investigation will go on as long as it takes to bring to book all those responsible. The work of the auditor general is continuing but he has indicated that he hopes to have it finished by April.

He has a big team but a lot of work to do, so it might take a little longer than that.

When I met the Minister for Finance and Economic Development she said she would look forward to visiting Ireland and speaking to the Irish media, Members of the Oireachtas and the Government about all of this. She is very good and very forceful.