Mr. Gerry O'Regan:

I do not think there was a company policy. I think, as was mentioned yesterday - I looked at some of the proceedings - the broad guidelines operating in this area are the NUJ Code of Conduct and the Press Council Code of Practice. There is also the Press Ombudsman. As regards accepting gifts, I do not think there is any policy as such. I thought about this this morning. A couple of years ago, when Kerry was in the All-Ireland final and I could not get a ticket, one of the main drinks companies invited me. I probably should have rung Deputy Higgins, who is a west Kerry man like myself. He probably had some tickets that I could have accepted as a gift. I took the tickets. That kind of thing possibly does happen, but I do not know whether it actually corrupts anyone. I do not think I was corrupted by it, and I enjoyed the match. I would not have got a ticket otherwise.