Mr. Brendan McDonagh:

There were Dáil questions on this portfolio which were answered by the Minister for Finance. We were certainly aware of that. I must be very careful here. There was a particular aspect around a piece of information this morning. I said that we need to go off and check this out. We said that once it is checked out, we will write back to the committee. I cannot prejudge this because it came out this morning. I was coming over to brief the committee and I have been here all day. I and the chief legal officer need to return to the office and review documentation and so on. I am being upfront with the Deputy and the committee in saying we need to examine this. We are not rushing to any judgment. We just need to go back and look at some paperwork and satisfy ourselves. We have committed to write back to the committee after that. I have been completely upfront with the committee.