Mr. Declan Doyle:

They were awarded bonuses because they had worked exceptionally hard and delivered exceptional results. I think it was their right to accept those bonuses just as it was other staff members' right not to accept bonuses. Let us remember that we are talking about a quite successful organisation that has weathered a very difficult time since this crisis began. Our activities are not purely and simply in Ireland. We have international activities in the UK, in Scotland and in England, and in the Netherlands and Poland. These people were in the team managing all that so they had put in exceptional effort.