Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

First of all, I accept much of what has been said about the licensing system and we have an awful lot of work to do. However, it is important to put on the record there was a series of external factors here that led to this situation, and Deputy Fitzmaurice has mentioned them. When directives of this nature are brought into force, sometimes there is not legal clarity until there are judicial decisions. The point is there were two judicial decisions in 2018 and 2019 that had a profound effect on the way we did our business. That was the reality.