Mr. Timmy Hennessy:

There was no formal consultation. My Department did not conduct a public consultation per se. The Government decision to introduce a levy for the construction sector to raise €80 million was reported in the media at the time. Subsequently, the Department published a tax strategy group paper over the summer where reference was made to the levy. Those papers do sometimes give rise to people interested in the concept raising them, and making contact and submissions to the Department but there was no formal consultation.