Mr. Tony O'Brien:

To be absolutely clear, I have come here in an attempt to explain but not to defend so in regard to any civil claims or civil actions that might arise from what I have described as very significant failures, the HSE will not be seeking to defend such actions. The only caveat I put on that is that the HSE itself does not manage its legal defences. It is managed, by statute, by the State Claims Agency but we will be very clear that in our view there is not an adequate defence that can be put forward, so we will not be seeking to defend.