Mr. Colin Bray:

The €10,000 that was paid to the three OSi staff members was a once-off achievement payment to three individuals in recognition of significant progress on change management initiatives. These initiatives would have been during the timeframe of 2010. I ask the committee to reflect back on that time, when we really were concentrating on and were fully engaged in securing our revenues, reacting to the downturn in the economy and ensuring that our revenue model was generated. Members can see from the figures provided in the briefing document the significant progress that was made in reducing the operating costs of the organisation over those years. Doing so obviously involved a number of activities with regard to changing work practices or getting rid of outdated work practices and this was prior to the Croke Park and enhanced Croke Park expectations. Consequently, this was a once-off achievement payment to those three members of staff.