Mr. Colm Forde:

The purpose of the voluntary standards is such that companies in scope cannot ask for any information above and beyond that in the voluntary standards. The voluntary standards are just for the SME cohort. The concern was that the companies in scope would just pass on the reporting obligations down the supply chain and ask for huge amounts of data from SMEs, which would find it overwhelming. The purpose of the voluntary standards is to say to the companies in scope that they are not allowed to ask for data above and beyond what is in the voluntary standards. I do not know whether that addresses the Deputy’s question.