Judge Alison Lindsay was appointed as the sole arbiter – from the Circuit Court, somewhat oddly – of the tribunal established in 1999 to investigate how over 260 haemophiliacs contracted HIV and hepatitis C from contaminated blood products. The tribunal sat for 196 days, gathered evidence from 146 witnesses and cost approximately €13 million. Final submissions were made on 27 November 2001 and the report was published in the first week of September 2002. Over 200 people were infected with hepatitis C, 104 with HIV and many contracted both viruses. To date, 79 people have died, including eight since the tribunal began its hearings. The vast majority of infections were caused by products imported from companies in the US, but an Irish made Factor 9 blood product, manufactured by the Blood Transfusion Service Board – now renamed as the Irish Blood Transfusion Service – infected seven people with HIV. The Blood Transfusion Service Board did not use heat procedure to kill possible HIV contamination for a critical six months in 1985, although the board had been warned of the possible dangers.