Ms Lois West:

No, I do not believe they were. The fact that Ms Galligan and I are sitting here today was not a decision that we took lightly but we felt that throughout the past 15 months, our views were not taken seriously enough. When we made particular personal representations because of a concern about lack of progress, we would see a small period of activity thereafter, including a number of meetings and so on, but that never tended to last. They still did not get traction which was of great concern to me and that is why at certain times we tried to bring others into the equation to give us that little bit of support that we felt we required to get the key messages across, understood and dealt with.