Mr. John Palmer:

Yes. Commissioner McGuinness has stated in that reply that we can. However, as I said to Deputy Conway-Walsh, we would still need to get detailed legal advice. We did an informal check with our own legal unit in the Department and its view was that we would have to get detailed legal advice as to whether it is possible. The Commissioner stating it in a reply would not be a defence if a case was taken against us, having introduced one or having attempted to introduce one, by an affected PSP. We would have to be a very solid legal ground. That is all I can say on it. We will review the answers to see if the Deputy is correct in asserting that we have misled him. If we have done so, we will duly correct the record.