Ms Suzanne Campion:

The €130,000 was put to the board in December 2022 and it is important to note that was the last minuted board meeting of the board. In 2023, there was an overrun of costs, which was approved by the executive. The three different portions came to €173,000.

As I said about the capital and business plans, the board were appraised of the various plans and expenditure. The €130,000 cost was not ideal but it was presented to the board at the board meeting in December and the contracts were signed. I was not party to any of that. I am just looking at the timelines and following through. The board meeting was 14 December, the contracts were signed on 19 December, the money was put into matured liabilities and notified to the Department, and agreed with the Department, in very early 2023, and the overrun was notified in early February 2023 and approved thereafter.