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| Year Ended 31 December 2004 | 2004 | 2003 | |
| €'000 | €'000 | ||
| Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities | 23,258 | 22,704 | |
| Returns on investment and servicing of finance | |||
| Interest received | 383 | 394 | |
| Interest paid | (3,786) | (3,658) | |
| Finance lease interest paid | (33) | (50) | |
| Dividends received | - | 12 | |
| Dividends paid to minority interests | (606) | - | |
| Costs of senior unsecured notes issued | - | (22) | |
| (4042) | (3,324) | ||
| Taxation payments | (825) | (1,237) | |
| Capital expenditure and financial investment | |||
| Purchase of tangible fixed assets | (2,011) | (979) | |
| Sale of tangible fixed assets | 110 | 58 | |
| Expenditure on intangible fixed assets | - | 943 | |
| (1,901) | 22 | ||
| Acquisitions and Disposals | |||
| Purchase of subsidiary undertakings | (492) | 177 | |
| Deferred consideration on prior year acquisitions | (29,136) | (8,724) | |
| Interest on loan notes issued on acquisitions | (75) | (170) | |
| Sale of investments | - | 635 | |
| Sale of interest in subsidiary undertaking | 8,381 | 1,885 | |
| (21,322) | (6,197) | ||
| Equity dividends paid | (1,444) | (1,431) | |
| Cash outflow/(inflow) before management of liquid resourcesand financing | (6,276) | 10,537 | |
| Management of liquid resources | - | - | |
| Financing | |||
| Issue of share capital | 63 | 63 | |
| Repayment of debt | (245) | (1,022) | |
| Exceptional Item - repayment of debt related to discontinued endowment business | (1,494) | (13,293) | |
| New loans in year | 20,897 | - | |
| Expenses of share issue and sale of treasury shares | - | (2) | |
| Senior unsecured notes repaid | (13,408) | - | |
| Capital element of finance lease rentals | (294) | (212) | |
| Net cash outflow from financing | 5,519 | (17,893) | |
| Movement in cash | (757) | (3,927) |