Ms Oonagh Buckley:

We certainly try to collect costs where they are awarded to us. The particular cost environment the board works within is a very special one in legal terms. There is a very recent decision called the Heather Hill decision, which the Deputy may be aware of, which stated the cost-constrained environment applies in all cases where an argument is made on a European matter caught up in that cost environment.

I have just been fed some figures. Costs recovered are relatively limited. In 2018, we recovered a little over €500,000 in costs; in 2019, €241,000; in 2020 , €181,000; and in 2021, €51,000. The numbers are relatively low relative to what we pay in legal costs.