Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I return to the point Deputy Paschal Donohoe made. While this meeting was alluded to by Ms Moylan when she appeared before the committee, this is the first time that we have seen the minutes of the meeting, or the notes arising from it. It is likely we will need to hear from Ms Moylan again. I am extremely concerned that Ms Moylan, who is the most senior planning official in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, attended this meeting, was involved in this discussion and the impact this has on the knowledge the Department had at the time of the workings of the DDDA. This correspondence raises significant questions for the Department. Ms Moylan's recollection at the last committee meeting was not complete and was perhaps sketchy. It is likely we will have more questions for her in regard to her role as a member of the board of the DDDA and wearing her other hat as an Assistant Secretary General in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. It raises very serious questions in regard to what the Department knew about ongoing transactions in the DDDA. That is something to which we can return.