Mr. Mark Griffin:

I cannot give him a straight answer to it. A range of issues were raised in the various reports undertaken by the telecommunications branch in DETI in Northern Ireland in 2006 that would obviously give us cause for considerable concern. Ultimately, we have lost €2 million of Irish Exchequer money, which is part of a court case underway in the High Court in Belfast. It is a matter for that court to determine whether the issues raised by the Deputy in his question occurred.

However, enough issues certainly were raised in the forensic review carried out by the ASM consultants starting in 2009 and finishing, I believe, in 2012 that would give grave cause for concern regarding both the governance of the project and on the nature of the transactions and the payment claims that were submitted to the DETI for approval. I refer to the four payment claims that were submitted to DETI between November 2004 and November 2005.