Mr. Jim O'Keeffe:

We were asked to come to this meeting at short notice, which we were very happy to do. We were asked for a specific set of numbers, which we provided to the committee. We have never failed to provide to the committee data that was requested in advance. It is difficult to respond to all data requests within the committee because, obviously, I must make sure that the data has been validated internally because, as the Deputy will know already looking at the 1,900 number, that such detail goes into public discourse immediately and generates a lot of discussion and speculation.

If, therefore, I were to release to the committee any numbers I had not validated completely, I would be concerned that I could create the wrong outcome. That is the only reason.