Mr. Dermot McCarthy:

To the best of my recollection, Deputy, they weren't informed in any formal way in the meeting room that that was the decision of the Government but there is evidence before the committee, as you know, that there were discussions that at least some people had with people on the official side, so I can't say that they weren't to some degree advised or given an intimation, but not, as I recall, in a sense, a formal response to the discussion.