Mr. Paul O'Toole:

If I understand it correctly, the person retired in normal course. The problem came to my attention in 2009 and 2010 and we carried out a review of the lease. We have concluded that the lease of the premises was not capable of fulfilling its remit, which was to provide a workshop. I understand that at the time - a period in the last decade - FÁS was rapidly scaling up to meet the demands of the construction sector and was acquiring temporary premises around the country to put in additional workshops for apprentice and craft training. This was one such location. The issue is that this was such a building, but the health and safety requirements on our side for putting in an apprenticeship workshop meant the premises were not suitable. That is when the problem arose. The individual concerned left in 2008 and we have been trying to get to the bottom of that over the past couple of years.