Mr. Joe Christle:

The terms that are there were the terms put in place by the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ring, on 11 September. There was a pathway to success, the first part of which was to offer to Mr. Walsh a fixed-term contract along with a severance package. The IABA did not know what the severance package was going to be - it was to be ring-fenced and proposed by the Irish Sports Council, at the invitation of the Minister. On the day on which we conducted the negotiations, I was on the phone to the Irish Sports Council to find out exactly what we could offer Mr. Walsh in order to fix the deal.