Ms Clare McGrath:

This issue has a number of elements. I can discuss them separately if there is no time pressure. The factual situation is that the Commissioners of Public Works comprise one third of three trusts that have ownership over Mount Congreve house and gardens. The staff caring for the gardens are in the employ of the Congreve Foundation, not the trust. I understand that the foundation wishes to withdraw from operations in Waterford, including the trust. The negotiations have to do with willing partners and driving value, given the original basis on which this structure was set up in the 1970s. Matters had progressed, but then needed to be addressed again. We are willing to sit down and talk and there is a basis for an agreement, but we need the other side to engage.