Mr. Francis O'Donnell:

I have been in discussions, on and off, with Mr. Ken Fleming over the past two years. The relationship has been good at times and, at other times, a little strained but it has always been professional. I wrote the letter to the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, in the knowledge that if I had succeeded in getting a meeting of stakeholders into the room, Mr. Ken Fleming would have been there and I would talk to him.