Ms Marie-Claire Maney:

As detailed on page 7 of the briefing, we introduced a new timelines for cases. For cases up to €1 million it is one month for issuing a determination; for cases between €1 million and €10 million, it is two months; and for cases in excess of €10 million, it is three months. All of the cases heard since September, bar three, were determined within these timelines, which is approximately 98%. The three undetermined cases were due to the domestic reasons of a particular commissioner, the Covid pandemic and a bereavement. Everything since the recommendation came into place has gone through in the timelines. With regard to aged determinations mentioned by Mr. McCarthy in his opening statement, there were 57 at the end of December 2019. This has been reduced to 12 outstanding determinations. I apologise on behalf of the State for those cases being outstanding. Exceptional work has been done to reduce the number and it will reduce to zero by the end of the year. The committee's recommendation was taken very seriously by me and it has been adhered to.