Mr. Colin Bray:

This particular incidence was a one-off extraordinary event for Ordnance Survey Ireland. The organisation was going through an extensive challenge to ensure that it brought in its commercial revenues during a challenging downturn in the economy. Moreover, prior to the Croke Park agreement, we had to implement many change management initiatives, which were very progressive at the time, with regard to changing work practices. In respect of bringing down the organisation's operating costs, we needed to put in place many change practices within our operations. We needed to increase a significant level of automation and process, which required extensive work in making that happen. The payment was seen as being just and fair at that point in time.