Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Rowntree did not say that. He said information had been circulated and taken back during the meetings and that he had information from those meetings that he would not normally have had which he could have carried out of the room if he had wanted to do so but that it had been taken from him. Mr. Cushnahan was in the same position. This means that a conflict of interest is highlighted by that alone. Mr. Cushnahan was advising six companies that were involved in 50% of the entire Northern Ireland portfolio. He was also with PIMCO. He had a share in a sum of €16 million with two other legal advisers. That is the fundamental question.