Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I take the Deputy's point, in that there might have been a different way of explaining what it was for, but the reason I am here is to explain to the Deputy what the money is for and how it is being used. To give the figure some context, various reports were made available on how the court case could have played out. The export reports from the two airlines put forward claims ranging from €145 million to €190 million, exclusive of legal costs. The €24 million figure is a large one, and many millions of euro are all large amounts, but I ask the Deputy to see it in the context of the claims that we were facing and the amount that was collected on the tax.