Ms Geraldine Tallon:

We agreed to pay money on the basis of a specific contract amount in 2001. We paid on an instalment basis between 2001 and 2005. We made it very clear that the grant provided at the time related to the contract amount at that point and that the Department was not in a position to and would not provide any further financial support for the client representative costs. The support related to a preplanning study and early activity by the client representative. We did not have any involvement after 2005.