Mr. Gerard Egan:

When the Deputy refers to settlements, I interpret that to mean cases that we lose and have to settle with the other side. We have a process which can be convoluted and take a long time. We receive claims from the people who we have liability to, usually in a gross amount. Since we are dealing with the superior courts, those claims can be quite substantial. When we contest a judicial review that goes through the High Court, possibly to the Supreme Court, the claims can range from €250,000 to €500,000.