Mr. John Cregan:

In December I was presented with a fait accompli. Given that the board had resigned, there were no directors or CEO of the CRC. The organisation had been virtually abandoned, as I stated in the report. I did not pry into the motivation of the board members or the content of any discussion between the HSE and the board. Like everybody else, I was a spectator of the CRC's presentation to the committee. I worked from the situation where I had to give some assurance to the HSE that it could continue to fund the organisation. With the assistance of the company members, as opposed to the directors or governors, I appointed two boards.