Mr. Tony O'Brien:

That is correct. My intention was to be on leave this week and to be in that country. As it happens, I have never been to that location, and it will wait for another day. I followed a procedure set out in my contract of employment. I applied appropriately and I was given consent appropriately. The organisation in question has no products on the market. There is absolutely no conflict of interest, and the amount of time absorbed in a non-executive director role at this stage in the life of that process is minimal. For the Deputy's information, I spend far more time leaving my house in the late hours of the night to respond to 999 calls than I ever did with regard to that company at this stage. There has absolutely been no impediment to my functioning as director general. Some of this wild reporting that I spend five hours per week on it is complete nonsense. Like so much in the media today, it is just made up.