I take the Deputy's point that it is difficult to deal with these matters without somebody assuming a criticism is being made. I merely gave the State costs while Deputy Kenny's question was on the costs of the legal teams.
A substantial number of people can be involved. A recent newspaper article stated that, in another tribunal, an argument centred around whether a £2,500 donation had been given while 11 people were present who would have each earned that amount for the day. I do not know whether that is right or wrong. The Deputy can take it that the cost per day for some of these issues is only a fraction of the costs. Considering the overall legal costs from private senior counsel, junior counsel, legal teams and back-up staff on a number of these issues that are cross-company, this would only be a small fraction of the cost. I have heard a figure, which I will not repeat on record, as I have no reason to know whether it is right. If one were to take the figure of the legal issues around this tribunal, what I am reading out today would not be a very significant amount of it.
The Deputy should remember what I said in my reply regarding future liabilities, even though we are many years into it, I do not have a prediction of what costs may be awarded. The Deputy knows from the debate we held here just before summer that that is an enormous legal issue. I do not want to get into any conclusion on that, because it is not my position or my right to do so. The eminent sole member will have to deal with this issue, but it is clear that will be a very substantial amount of resources.