Ms Emily O'Reilly:

We sent a lot of letters to the Commission, the Council and certain key agencies, including the EIB, at the beginning. These were general letters asking for transparency on what they do, especially at a time when people's processes, including this committee's, have changed or are different and there is not the same access or access pathways. The EIB is responsible for a huge amount of money and will be responsible for the distribution of future funds, whenever that is signed off. It will play a key role on where investments are made. We keep an eye on this. We have dealt with a number of complaints over the years about investments made by the EIB with regard to procedures, its handling of complaints and conflicts of interest at member state level. It is a body with which we have quite a lot of contact. I can arrange to send the Deputy an update on our investigation of the EIB.