Ms Katherine Licken:

In March 2011, Solas informed the Department it had received a letter from its contractors terminating the contract. It was citing ground conditions, design inadequacies and delay in the suspension of works because of the difficulty with the building next door. The Department had paid Solas €900,000 at that point. In addition, the Western Development Commission, the Irish Film Board, and the cultural consortium had paid €1.27 million among them at that point. In total, €2.17 mullion of the €4.3 million that was originally committed had been paid out at that point, which was March 2011. A receiver was subsequently appointed to the construction company that had been employed. There were several complicating factors at play at the same time.