Mr. Jim Keogan:

I replied to various issues relating to conflicts of interest on the last occasion and I have been asked to clarify the situation. I have not lived in the area in question for 35 years. Since 2007 or 2008 I have been part of a delegation that deals with planning matters in Dublin city and during that time I have dealt with a number of planning applications directly relating to Croke Park. I also dealt with three event licensing applications relating to Croke Park directly. In total there were ten applications that directly affected Croke Park and nine of those were granted planning permission, while one was subject to an additional information request.

Including the Garth Brooks concert licence applications I dealt with three such applications directly. I think one was for a Take That concert and the other related to the U2 concerts in 2009. Reference was made to people I grew up with and I would like to clarify that-----