John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Thank you Chairman. Good afternoon, Mr. Drury. Briefly at the start I want to refer to the Heritage dinner again. I took a note as you were speaking earlier and you said that the dinner of April 2008 was not special, that Mr. Cowen just happened to be next on the list and that it had to be rearranged a few times because of diary clashes. You also said that in your time eight ... you would have attended eight to ten such events. And you said that - I'm not sure whether you used the word "civil" or "public" - senior civil or public servants would have been invited to attend.