Robbie Gallagher (Fianna Fail)
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I thank welcome the witnesses here this afternoon and thank them for their contributions. A few speakers have mentioned that the world is a changed place from when this legislation came in in 1996. I note that more than €200 million has been returned to the State's coffers which is a testament to the bureau's work and I compliment them on it. We have got to a point now whereby the legislation needs to catch up to where the world is at. Is that reflected in the contributions year on year, going back the last three or four years, of the amount of money CAB is returning to the Exchequer? For example, is the trend going down or is the trend steady? What is the trend if we go back the last three or four years?