Mr. Seán Marmion:

When the Central Bank appeared in October last year, it was questioned by a number of TDs. One of the questions that was put to it was whether it took account of the ICJ January ruling. The bank published a report on 4 December, which, incidentally, was a week after the committee dissolved. The question on page 19 jumps out to me. It is whether the Central Bank took into account the January ruling of the ICJ. The answer is that the Central Bank looked at the court ruling, but it did not actually answer the question. We did a freedom of information request in December, which is available on the website of the Central Bank, which shows that up to 18 of the most senior people in the Central Bank wrote, reviewed and approved that statement. I am talking about the governor, the three deputy governors, the chief operations officer, the legal advisers, all the department heads-----