Mr. Jim Breslin:

It is an absolutely huge sum of money. It was robustly defended over a period of years. There was a great reluctance on the part of the State to pay this. The consultants felt particularly strongly as we moved out of the emergency that this was a contractual commitment and that it needed to be paid. Ultimately, they took the case all of the way to the High Court to enforce it. The settlement is not a comfortable place to be in terms of the amount of money being paid out. This was on the risk register of the Departments of Health, Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform. We saw this as a very significant financial implication and ultimately the reason for reaching the settlement was the discount that was involved.