Mr. Jim Ryan:

With regard to the specifics, there were four areas in which issues were identified. We were made aware of them when the commission was going through the process. We were dealing with them on a day-to-day, week-to-week basis. Our judgment was that we were on top of it because we were engaging specifically with the commission on the issues it raised in the mid-west, the Deputy’s constituency and the south east. We were confident that the issues being raised were being dealt with appropriately both at local and national levels by us, which was the correct way. Where there are issues of policy or wider issues, we obviously engage with the Minister and the officials in the Department on an ongoing basis. However, the issues in question were operational in many respects, and that is the way we were dealing with them.