Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Howard also told us he had a good and very open relationship with Ms O'Sullivan. He said they were in touch and enjoyed good confidence. There was no tension. He told us he raised these issues with Ms O'Sullivan. We have in writing the fact that he looked for the matter to be resolved and asked for the unconditional withdrawal of Mr. Culhane's remarks or the overruling of those remarks by a superior authority. I simply want to know whether either of those things happened.