Mr. Richard Browne:

-----last year. Prior to that we had identified and written to the 60 operators of essential services, OES, that we thought they would eventually be, so people have had a year to be ready for this. This was done on a non-statutory basis. We were trying to prepare the ground so people had some warning. Since then we have revised those guidelines on the basis of international experience and commentary received in that process. We will be publishing those very shortly for further consultation, as required under regulation 25 of our regulations. The reason they will be published shortly is that they have to be translated into Irish because that is now a statutory requirement.