Mr. Brian Rowntree:

With regard to the point I made to Deputy Kelly, this was a very high-level strategic approach. It is an evidence-based approach. When you are dealing with a portfolio the size of the Northern Ireland portfolio, never mind the larger Irish portfolio, you want as much evidence to support decision making as possible. There were very intense discussions around what that might look like and whether there were any other contributions or interventions we wanted to make. As I said, the position then changed.