John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As Chairman of the committee, I would point out that we did not get involved in this. The Deputy said that politicians got involved and that it began to fall apart. We did not get involved until it had fallen apart. We were due to have a meeting this day week and we cancelled it in the interests of what was going on between the various parties. Speaking personally, and I am sure I would represent the views of many members but they are able to speak for themselves, we did not want at any stage to melt down or bend any rules, and as a public representative I certainly would not stand over that.