John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to know because at the end of every action someone is going to have to either fight the action, present a case or do whatever. In this case, it is a business, a family and an individual. I stand to be corrected on the matter - I am asking you to check it for me - but it is extraordinary that it seems, from the information I have, that no contact has been made since then.

I note in your letter that you state you cannot go into it. It arises regularly in this committee that a legal matter is at issue and therefore no one can talk about it. I appreciate that, but please consider that there is someone else at the other end.

The Department is rather active in the area of legal actions. Please give us the information and let us know what it is. It has taken the Department 21 years to deal with the question of the site. Like Deputy O'Donnell, I find it extraordinary that this is going on, in spite of the evidence that you have given this morning.