Ms Geraldine Tallon:

No. Our Minister understood the broad figure very clearly back in December when that was agreed. Our Minister was then involved in the question of the NPRF loan and the assessment of that during the following year. Our Minister was aware of NewERA involvement in the assessment. Our Minister received a submission from us and sought agreement in relation to the approval of that loan from other concerned Ministers, namely, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The Deputy must bear in mind the context. The management of the funding for Irish Water was one part of a very large project. That very large project was being overviewed by the Government and Ministers on a regular basis. There were seven or eight different areas over the course of the period from the end of 2011 through 2012 and 2013 in respect of which submissions went to Government, and there are Government decisions on aspects of the Irish Water programme, be it legislation-----