Ms Josephine Feehily:

It then needed further work in our case from High Court orders to try to pursue the tax.

In terms of those years of informal meetings with the authorised officer, my officials deserve recognition also for the persistence and resilience with which we have worked these cases. They will be disappointed that those engagements were not evident to Mr. Ryan from those meetings but if he had something to say to us it is a pity that he did not say it. I am taking the Deputy's word that there was an issue and as I have agreed with the Chairman, I now have to reflect on what to do next.

If the Deputy is asking me to comment on how we could have given closure, I think we could have given him the assurances that I am giving this committee-----