Mr. John Newham:

I will turn to my colleague from the CRO shortly but I will begin by working backwards. The Deputy is quite right that such activity knows no borders. Once a company is incorporated, by its nature it is no longer bogus but I take the point the Deputy is making. Having the use of those bogus companies, especially in an international context, is the matter we are most concerned about. We are not so concerned about the activity taking place within Ireland or the EU because there are systemic protections in place, not just in company law but in other legislation, and we have mentioned those in the submission. Bloom House was used as an address and we have pointed out that the building is complex as there is a firm of solicitors and there are residential addresses within Bloom House as well. Having said all that, those checks have been increased to ensure that Bloom House and other notable addresses will not be used in future. My colleague, Dr. McFadden, will set out the levels of checks that are in place and the programme of activities under way.