Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise a matter for clarification and then I will let Deputy Aylward conclude. Mr. Gleeson said that there are historical issues here, a previous board, a change of Departments and so on. Obviously, the issue of the decision to build the site in Limerick is a critical component of this and we all understand that. That is probably one thing we all agree on, but there are many more bigger issues than that as well. Perhaps Mr. Greally will answer the following question. There was a request from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to extend the contract of the previous chief executive, who was the decision-maker regarding the building of the Limerick site. If there were concerns about this, why did the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine write to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform requesting an extension of the contract of the CEO who made the decision to build the Limerick site in the first place?