Mr. Ciarán Breen:

I will give our response to the Deputy's comments. We are dealing with group litigation in the sense that the allegation is that there are a group of people who are similarly affected by the administration of a vaccine. We have to deal with them entirely within the terms of the litigation, according to which the plaintiffs have to prove their case. As part of proving their case, one of the things they are entitled to do is to seek discovery, which they have done against the HSE and against the Department. It was a massive discovery. The HSE discovery has been completed and was handed over some time ago. The Department discovery proved particularly problematic. There was a problem with the system at one stage in terms of the collection of some of the data but we have been working through that. I think roughly 12 to 13 documentary counsel have been working on the case, and there is an IT platform, such is the size of the documentation-----