Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As a result of this case, there is a substantial cost to the State, maybe not directly in terms of paying out the claim but this crisis is going to cost the State a lot of money. Is there any recourse within the service level agreements that the SCA has looked at – perhaps it should it look at them – to determine whether the State has recourse for the cost of this meeting, tribunals, scoping exercises and so on?