Ms Ann Nolan:

No, I think the opinion within the Department of Finance at the time, and as reflected in those documents, was that there were aspects of that transaction that it was not happy with. There were aspects of it where we felt it was possible that a different set of actions could have brought a better solution. The board told us and assured us and the Minster that that was not the case, that this was the best possible transaction. We have now asked the special liquidators under Mr. Justice O'Neill to inquire into that and look at all of the facts and establish whether or not they agree with the board. Certainly, there were aspects of that transaction we were unhappy with. There is a big difference between that and suggesting that everything that that board did was wrong-----