Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

There was a number of challenges to accurately estimating the costs that would arise from it.

There were no comparisons to draw on at the time, either in respect of the work of the commission or a redress scheme. A number of legal challenges faced by the commission caused delays. The initial plan had been for the commission to do the work and then for redress to follow. Obviously, that was changed. In the case of the commission, it unsuccessfully sought to limit legal representation and, therefore, legal costs of third parties gave rise to additional legal costs for it. Initial estimates of expenditure had been made for different reasons and the numbers were much higher than we had envisaged at the time.