Dr. Ruaidhrí Neavyn:

We definitively did not want to produce endless reports. I take the Deputy's point about the cost to the taxpayer. It is fair to say, however, that the first two reports were necessary for the commission to get an idea of the scale of expenditure that did not offer value for money or might represent spending for personal benefit to an individual. In regard to whether a rational proposal was made to sit down with the parties to the case-----