Mr. David Gunning:

The number of claims continues to grow from 600 in the past. Can I pause there for a second on the Deputy's question because I have the information here in front of me to respond to the questions from Deputies Cullinane and Shortall earlier and I would like to put that on record? I would also like to apologise for not having that information to hand when it was requested but I can give it to the Deputy now.

Fifteen of the hundreds of claims have come through conciliation. Of those, nine have been agreed. The amount involved is approximately €2.5 million. We have issued a notice of dissatisfaction on the remaining six claims and they will go on to the next forum, which is the High Court. Therefore, to respond to the earlier questions, nine have been agreed. Apologies for not having that information. I thank my commercial team for providing that up-to-date information in real time.