Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Fáilte roimh an tUasal Patterson. I'm glad to see you're in good health before us today. Can I ask you just in terms of some of the dates? You retired from the board in April of 2008, is that correct? And you mentioned to us that you were in a ... you were ill for a period and I don't want to intrude in relation to that. But can you ... were you fulfilling the duties of chairperson up until April 2008 or were ... did your illness happen prior to that and impede in that ... in that position?