Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

When the decision was made on redress, the decision was made that Government had to make sure that redress was provided and the Government committed to providing redress. My understanding - this is from reviewing the files in detail - is that the Government's actions in setting up a redress scheme were not motivated to any significant extent by considerations about, even at the time, the balance of liability between the State and the orders.