Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

The Chairman has actually written to the board on two occasions in the past quarter asking it why there were delays. It provided much of the information and explanations in those previous letters, and the statement on internal financial control does, I think, fairly comprehensively address the problems it has had. These financial statements, covering 2013-14, are the first of Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB. We also have the 2015 statement done and we are working on the 2016 statement, so progress is being made there. It was a difficult situation, it is being rectified and I hope we will get back to a normal track. The ETB has indicated that it expects to be able to produce its draft financial statements for 2017 on time.