Mr. Gabriel Makhlouf:

We have not had any direct engagement with the Department as it is the Department's responsibility. Obviously, we have regular contact with departmental colleagues, but this is not in the Central Bank's ambit. It is for the Department and the Minister to come to a conclusion and to then submit it to the European Commission. It is not part of the ECB process. At some point, we will know what the answer is, if I can put it that way, or not.