Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I might just say on that, for your information Senator, that in 2000, an interdepartmental committee comprised of Revenue Commissioners, Department of Environment, Finance, Revenue, Tourism ... they did an analysis of the scheme which had been extended up to December 1999 and they are the figures that I gave you. That they reckoned that there was €600 or €700 million generated, €250 million foregone. Now, the late Minister Lenihan, obviously, may have carried out a more detailed analysis of that particular scheme issue.