Ms Josephine Feehily:

I do not know, but by the time we became aware that it might have been the case, my understanding was that approval had been given. Bear in mind that our approval is us, followed by the Department of Justice and Equality followed by Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. It is not us on our own. The first step had been missed and by the time I became aware of it, step two and three had happened.