Mr. John Conlon:

The agreement that was entered into arose from the legal obligation, Deputy. It arose in response to the arbitration process that was commenced and subsequently settled. There was quite a short timeframe for that. I fully agree with what was set out in the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report. The implication of the Deputy's question is that there should have been proper value for money assessments done, but they should have been done by a sponsoring authority rather than the contracting authority. I do accept that we entered into that arbitration-----