Mr. Paul Gallagher:

Well, I'm certain, and you'll have Minister Gormley here and you can ask him, that I was not so viewed either by Minister Gormley or by Minister Ryan and they both told me so. When I was alerted by a member of the press that Mr. Boyle was going to say this, I contacted Mr. ... Minister ... Mr. Ryan, as he was then, to say that I was very surprised by that and he assured me it was not so. In the publication in The Irish Timescommenting on the book, it specifically said that senior Green Party sources said this was not the case. I take the greatest of exception to that, because I prided, above all, my independence. I had no political connection and have no political connection. I've never been a member of the party and I didn't know what constituency any member of the Government was from. So I took the gravest exception and I gave, I believe equally, but I'm happy to be judged by Minister Gormley when he came in, whatever assistance I could to every party to try and assist them with the legal solution to problems that arose.