The Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, stated on 21 November 2002 that a copy of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2000, which provided for revised risk equalisation arrangements, was forwarded to the EU directorate for information and did not give rise to any further queries. At best, the Minister was being rather economical in terms of the whole picture, having regard to the fact that, some months later, a senior Commission official stated that the Commission services did not know the contents of measures under discussion and, therefore, could not take any final position on their conformity with EU law.