Ms Éilish Finan:

The Northern Ireland advisory committee was a committee of recommendation to board. It was not a board and therefore did not have decision-making capacity. My recollection, and it is a recollection, is that the first time this was discussed formally at board was September, I think 12 September. The Northern Ireland advisory committee tended to meet four or five times, and as it materialised approximately five times, each year. That was first discussed in October 2013 in the Northern Ireland advisory committee.