Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

The board of Bord na gCon has a clear task ahead of it. The Indecon report is there as a basis on which to work on that task. I have concerns in that the body is making losses, has significant debt and there clearly is a job to be done. We have confidence in the board to do that job, but we will be looking at the proposals it makes to us regarding asset disposal and so on. That is the area in which it needs our sanction, and we will look at the totality of what is proposed in the context of the viability of Bord na gCon into the future.