John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is okay. Mr. Owens can go back to 2005. Cases run on for seven years. One case was settled for €93,000. I presume that is a single case. I am sure it involved a cost to that individual and that family. I am sure the cost of the trauma of facing a court and facing a battle with a State body was not easy. These are the aspects I get concerned about. That is why it is important the Department of Finance regulation or instruction be adhered to. I am glad that Mr. Owens adhered to it. I am pointing to the fact that this did not happen in the past and that it led to individuals' lives being ruined. That is a cost that the Comptroller and Auditor General cannot tot up, but it is a cost that I am aware of because I meet these people. I am absolutely horrified by a State agency doing so much damage to the lives of people. How many more cases are there that are not settled?