Mr. Brian Purcell:

When I heard what was being alleged as the transcript, I was very surprised because, based on my own knowledge of the then Minister, it did not sound to me like something he would have said to anyone. It did not in my mind represent an accurate description of the type of person the then Minister was or that he would say such things and from that point of view I was very surprised that anyone would have said that. I thought it inconceivable that the Minister would have had such a conversation with the confidential recipient and, in those circumstances, I would have been very surprised that the confidential recipient would say something like that.