Ms Geraldine Tallon:

I am a little concerned about this, because the State must find the money to meet this cost. We do not tend to like to feel that things are unquantifiable or cannot be nailed down within a reasonable time horizon. The State has experience of this kind of legacy from past tribunals, such as the beef tribunal where bills drifted in many years later. I would like to see an orderly conclusion as far as this is concerned. Therefore, I would like to put it on record that the longer the delay in submitting bills, the more sceptical the State should be.