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Jurisdictions the Company Remains Subject to Tax Examinations (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015
Earliest Tax Year | United States - Federal and State
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax Years	2012
Earliest Tax Year | Ireland
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax Years	2010
Earliest Tax Year | United Kingdom
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax Years	2014
Latest Tax Year | United States - Federal and State
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax Years	2015
Latest Tax Year | Ireland
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax Years	2015
Latest Tax Year | United Kingdom
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax Years	2015

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Tax year that remains open to examination under enacted tax laws, in CCYY format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 15
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32718-109319

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