Mr. John Gormley:

-----and the Green Party attitude, there was reference made in Dan Boyle's book. Now, I can understand why it is that political parties would feel that the AG's office is a block; it's quite natural. You know, the AG's office goes through things line-by-line and says, "You'll have to go back." And it prolongs the legislative process. But from my own point of view, I hold Paul Gallagher in very high regard. He was of enormous assistance to me. He worked extremely hard. He's dedicated to public service. He helped me particularly on the issue I was dealing with, which was the incinerator. I was at the time ... I was told at the time that if I didn't deal with this properly and work on it and take it step-by-step in a very measured and legislative way, that they could pursue me personally. This is the ... and Paul Gallagher helped me out and I'm very grateful to him for that and I just want to put that on the record.

And finally I want to say, Chairman, I think this is an important committee. It's important that your report is very thorough, that you go through every single thing. I don't think, to be quite honest with you, that even with the best will in the world, and putting in all of these measures, that you will avoid in the future another bust. It is part of the cycle. But you can, I hope, mitigate those circumstances and ensure that, in future, we don't come down with such a thud.