Ms Lenka Filipkova:

Just to be clear, our responsibility here was to propose the amending budget and to include the amount that was agreed in the legislative process in the budget, so that the legislative measure could be adopted. There are procedures under the legislative process where Ireland, as well as all the other member states, had a say. I am sure Mr. Ryan or Mr. Angley can explain the position of Ireland, but this was assessed within the EU framework. We, at the Commission, reacted to the call from the European Council.