Dr. Cecil Beamish:

It might bring clarity if I describe the site. There are different elements. The east tip is the area to which the decision of the European Court of Justice applies, which must be remediated. It is an area of 9 ha. There are in total approximately 36 ha that are not part of the naval headquarters. There is the former plant site of the steelworks.

A substantial portion of the money that was spent prior to the transfer to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine may have related to the demolition of the plant and the removal of materials from the plant. My colleagues from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government might wish to comment in further detail on that. Most of the expenditure by my Department up to now relates to the repair of the bridge. It is a €1.85 million contract and there is the assessment of that, plus a detailed qualitative assessment of the risks on the east tip, in the steelworks and on the south tip, as well as design of the applications to the Environmental Protection Agency, An Bord Pleanála and for the foreshore consents based on the qualitative risk assessment.