Mr. Paul Geraghty:

I have responsibility for SICAP. The reason for the return of that approximately €36 million was that, as the Deputy knows, the programme was part funded by the ESF. For the first time we received this matched funding from the EU. There was a fairly arduous process of checks and verifications. It was the first time for us to do that. We did not have absolute certainty or a sightline as to when the money would be returned from the ESF to the Department, so we were not notified in time to get it into the account. This is why it was surrendered.