Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. The Comptroller and Auditor General has helped to explain this from the public's point of view. The discount rate is something that you manage and it is what you are going to earn. People when they hear about the discount rate think it is the interest rate. That may sound strange. For the public watching, the State Claims Agency is looking at this from its point of view and using the terminology, which we understand. Somebody watching who hears that the discount rate goes down will not get it. The rate goes down from the perspective of the State Claims Agency.