John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the rather large delegation in with us this morning. It is certainly one of the largest delegations I have seen for a considerable time. I daresay the recruitment embargo is not impacting negatively on senior management in the Department or the HSE. I will start with a couple of questions posed to Mr. Watt about the secret dossiers compiled by the Department on children with autism. I refer to the ruling last year by the Data Protection Commissioner, DPC, on what was an unlawful practice of serious, "excessive and disproportionate" gathering of sensitive personal information about people, and who then were forced into taking legal action against the State. I wish to ask about the €22,500 fine levied on the Department. Has that fine been paid now?