On Wednesday evening, Ireland team manager Roy Torrens said the issue was a "misunderstanding" and that the Irish Cricket Union's cheques to the players "are in the post".
"Although the Payments Council was clear that suitable alternatives would need to be available before cheques were abolished, at the point when the Treasury select committee launched an investigation into this issue in April 2011, no progress had been made to develop suitable alternatives to the cheque, " the Treasury said in its consultation document.