Mr. Mark Griffin:

I do not want to get into the details of the court case, but at the outset of the process we formed the view that releasing the totality of the contract could have a commercial impact not only on us but on other organisations in the State, or other organisations which deal with the State, which rightly want to have some of the information contained in contracts protected for commercial reasons. We used mechanisms within the Freedom of Information Act to give effect to it. They were mechanisms put in place by decision makers beyond my level.

The advice subsequent to the case being lost in the High Court was that we should appeal. We concurred with that advice. I do not want to say any more than that because the issue is before the courts.