Mr. Michael Barrett:

To the best of my knowledge, it has benefited in no way whatsoever. If anything, the State has lost money, between sending out various people from Waterways Ireland and Westmeath County Council to do various investigations into it and all that, and even going to court and having cases dismissed on technicalities and all that. It has cost the State money through the years. To the best of my knowledge, the State has not benefited by a single penny. Any money that has been generated has been generated for private enterprise.