Mr. Dennis Barnhart:

From our perspective, it was envisaged initially that the relationship would be with the Law Society rather than Government. If the decision is taken that it needs to be with Government, we would not be opposed to that as we recognise the need to have on board the relevant Departments, the Revenue Commissioners, the local authorities and Property Registration Authority Ireland. Part of our feasibility analysis was to examine whether the ability to connect with these Departments and agencies from an electronic perspective exists. The steering committee was structured in a manner which provided for involvement of these groups such that as we worked through the assessment of the opportunity, we involved Government stakeholders. We had numerous consultations with various members of Government. We felt that the regulatory and legislative structure would enable this to happen. We did not initially see this as a joint Teranet-Government-type arrangement. However, if required to be so, we will consider that.