Mr. Pat Colgan:

We cannot say that with absolute certainty. We can say that the programme has been closed with a clean bill of health apart from the Bytel project and that extensive auditing has been carried out by the SEUPB, the European Court of Auditors and the director general for our European Regional Development Fund in Brussels. Indeed, the fund would have carried out its own audits. A number of statutory regulatory audits are required during the lifetime of the programme. These are all done and finished. None of them has thrown up any significant issues. The nature of auditing means that one cannot be absolutely certain about it. The PEACE and INTERREG programmes both have an excellent record in dealing with irregularities. This is one that stands out as having been particularly poorly managed. I think all the facts have been put out on the table. I have been involved with INTERREG and PEACE for the past 11 years, and I am not aware of anything that is even remotely like this.