Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

Not that I am aware of. I know the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform did issue directions around that kind of case to the effect that litigation between State bodies should be at the minimum that is achievable. Sometimes State bodies have legal obligations to carry out certain functions and the only way they may be able to give effect to that may be by taking legal proceedings. It cannot be avoided in certain circumstances. Short of doing a massive survey of them, I do not know whether you would be able to get at how many cases in the courts or in gestation.