Mr. Niall Cody:

On the debt available for collection at various times, at 31 March 2006, which was before there was any problem, the figure stood at €792 million. The highest figure in recent years was at 31 March 2010 when it was €1.433 billion. This probably represents the collapse of the economy. I have a table setting out the figures from 2005 to 2015. It shows that the figure stood at €895 million in March 2008 and subsequently increased to €1.433 billion, before declining to €1.389 billion, €1.317 billion and €1.117 billion in different years. It stood at approximately €900 million in March 2015 and now stands at €770 million.