Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour) | Oireachtas source

When we had the Minister before the committee some weeks ago to discuss this matter, the first thing that struck me was that a cock-up was made in September 2011. Mr. Kavanagh signed his contract but two issues remained outstanding. In fairness to Mr. Keeling, who is doing his job for nothing and whose commitment to the industry is evident, he was left with a fairly difficult situation. The contract was never concluded as such and Mr. Kavanagh's employment, in effect, was left in free flow. Does Mr. Keeling agree that is what happened? The appointment in 2001 stretched out to 2009, which was beyond the seven years, 2009 stretched out to 2016, and now we are off again. Mr. Keeling was trying to resolve the matter because he knew there was a problem. He cannot deny that.