Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I did not. It is serious, Deputy Smith, because if there is a problem with the tender at a later stage Deputy Smith will be on her high horse, and rightly so, saying that there was political interference in the outcome of a State contract. This is quite serious. I have cast no aspersion whatsoever on any company. The only thing I have cast aspersion on is the Minister's behaviour and his management of the process, which has required SIRO to make a commercial decision to pull away from the bidding process. That will further delay the matter. Will the Minister withdraw his last statement, that I cast any aspersion or raised any issues about the conglomerates on either side bidding for this contract?