Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

That is one of the primary aspects of accountability in the State for an Accounting Officer. That has been the case. The Accounting Officer has been here. I am not seeking to shy away from being here to reflect on what has happened. Clearly, there was an underestimation. The first thing is that the Government decided, notwithstanding whether there would be a contribution from the orders, that it wished to put a redress scheme in place. The contribution from the orders is very important and the Government policy is that it should be 50%. That was an arrangement subsequently put in place. The most important points are that redress was made available, as appropriate, and it was and that the commission was established, held its hearings in order that it could facilitate the societal discussion that was undertaken and came to the conclusions about which Deputy Catherine Connolly talked.