Mr. Robert Watt:

No. It was an admission that the legal basis of the charges was wrong and the instrument used was wrong. The Government, the Oireachtas and everybody were very clear about the policy intent throughout that period that people should make charges. That was not the issue. The issue was that the reliance on the 1996 regulations wasultra viresin respect of the actions of health boards regarding charges. It was the wrong legal instrument, not that the policy or the interpretation of the policy was wrong, but the Government at the time or the officials at the time used the incorrect legal instrument. That was the decision reached.