Mr. David Cooney:

I imagine one of them was the head of the OSCE task force. He was working full-time on the preparation of the OSCE presidency and continued working through last year. He was an ambassador who had recently retired and brought his expertise to bear. The money paid to a person recruited in such a case on top of his pension would not have brought him above what he would have earned previously. He was not being paid as an assistant secretary on top of his pension. The amount paid meant he was earning the equivalent of what he would have been paid before he retired in that capacity. The other person was Pádraig Murphy, a special representative on Georgia for the OSCE Presidency.