Ms Si?n N? Raghallaigh:

The appointment of the incoming director general was the business of the board. At that time, we did not know the details. We knew that there was an issue with two payments and the Grant Thornton fact-finding exercise had started. I did not know until last week about the 7 March notification date. We did not have the details that you have the benefit of having now to be able to say. We had no hindsight. We did not know the detail.