Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Maloney for attending. He is not obliged to so it is appreciated. It must be noted we are talking about a series of events that took place seven years ago. No doubt Mr. Maloney has been following the proceedings of the Committee of Public Accounts and how we have dealt with the subject to date. He will have noted the various people who appeared before the committee, including, over the course of this year, former DDDA chairman Lar Bradshaw and the former representative of the Department, Ms Moylan.

We have gone through a series of events that happened in the period from 2 October to 24 October. I want to go through them today with Mr. Maloney because there are still some gaps in our knowledge that I want to try to fill. In order that Mr. Maloney will have the relevant documentation, he should note we are talking about the two letters that issued to the Department on 2 October and 12 October, the board minutes of 3 October, 20 October and 24 October, and two reports that were issued in relation to Poolbeg. One of the reports was in relation to the site, and it was circulated at the meeting on 3 October. The second was in relation to the acquisition, and it was circulated on 20 October.

I will touch briefly on Mr. Maloney's statement. Is it correct that he spoke to the authority before he came in here today?