David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

But the question I was asking was not about that. I appreciate that important point but, in his opening statement, Mr. McGuinness referenced a number of times - in fact, almost his entire opening statement centred around this issue - engagements and meetings of which he was not aware. We are trying to understand this from our perspective. Regardless of what might be in Mr. McGuinness' head, we are trying to establish facts. I hope that, at some point, the former First Minister might attend the committee and be able to shed some light on this as well. Only he can answer these questions, but surely Mr. McGuinness formed an opinion. Surely when he asked himself these questions, he had some sense of why he was being excluded. This was a major portfolio with an eventual sale price of £1.3 billion. Mr. McGuinness asked himself the question but I am trying to understand why it was not put to the former First Minister.