Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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Okay. Mr. Devine has made his point. I thank him.

I wish to ask about an important table we received from the board relating to how disputes were dealt with. We have to get to the nub of this. The employer’s representative makes adjudications. The witnesses have been clear as to how those were sorted out and the volume of claims, including the volume that were sorted and paid. I accept the point on inflation. There is then the project board, conciliation, the High Court – there are two proceedings before it – and adjudication. The element I am interested in is conciliation. Mr. Gunning stated that there were no adjudications currently and that there had been nine to date, in which BAM had claimed approximately €63 million but was awarded €2.3 million. In fairness, that is a small percentage of the amount claimed. That information was up to the end of April. Have there been any conciliations or adjudications since then?