Professor Patrick Honohan:

All I will say is that the Central Bank commenced an investigation into these matters - in 2009, before my time - including the matter that was dealt with in court yesterday. Arising out of that investigation, the Central Bank passed all of the information available to it to the Garda on the suspicion that there had been some criminality. The matter is now entirely in the hands of the Garda. No additional data or searching are required from the Central Bank's side. We have handed the matter over entirely to the Garda.