Mr. Gerard Keown:

We have been contacted by and have been in contact with a number of EU member states and like-minded countries to share information on the approach the Government is taking in the general scheme, which of course is now a public document. As the Tánaiste has said, including this morning in remarks to the media, it is the Government's hope that other countries will follow the lead that Ireland has taken in pursuing measures of a similar nature in their own jurisdictions. We have to wait to see if that happens.