Mr. Michael Culhane:

Fines are collected centrally and we in turn pay them over to the central Exchequer. There is a certain timing involved in this. We would normally pay over the money at the end of a month. It is a question of how much money is in the account at the time. The Deputy mentioned that there was €217,000 which then rose to €1 million. That merely reflects the timing of the payment to the central Exchequer. Given the timing, at the end of the financial year, it seems that the amount had accumulated. It would have been paid over in January.