Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What I am trying to say is how closely Ireland is working within the EU on the development of these programmes. When the Deputy says the Commission has conducted this assessment, it has done so with Ireland as a partner in that work. All of the work that is being done with the Commission - the work between the Irish State, the Department of Finance, the Permanent Representation and the engagement by officials in the Department of Finance at EU level - is done absolutely together. The risk assessment is one that is shared. We do not take a separate view. We work it out.