Mr. Michael Gaffey:

I do not know exactly but it would not have been too long. I imagine it would be this year. That is not to be exact on the exact timeline.

When I was there in April, the second phase of the Participatory Rural Development Project programme, PRDP 2, was underway. There were some concerns among our staff on Ireland continuing its funding of the PRDP 2 . There were concerns that there would not be sufficient engagement between the donors and the Office of the Prime Minister, which is managing it. We held off on committing to that programme. The second phase of the programme was announced on 20 June, the press release from the Office of the Prime Minister mentions Sweden, Denmark and Norway. We needed more time to work with them on the level of engagement there would be with donors. We were not ready to do that until later in July. However when it came to September, the time to make our first contribution to the PRDP 2, there were concerns about the investigation, the audit. The decision not to make the contribution and commit the money for 2012 was taken before there was any knowledge of fraud and before the report of the Auditor General. That was not because of a suspicion about the Irish funding in 2011 but about how things were going in regard to the second phase of the programme.