David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is amazing that Mr. McEnery's opening statement from a meeting that took place two years ago is so clear and so precise given that there are no contemporaneous notes whatsoever. The statement goes into very clear detail of exactly what was said and Mr. McEnery's role, which are actually contradicted in the media reports. I will proceed to them now, and perhaps we will tease some of this out. I am looking at two different media reports, both of which were covered in the Irish Independent, one on 8 October and one on 18 October. The first says the chairman of HIQA, Mr. McEnery, attended a confidential meeting of private nursing home operators at which a boycott of the fair deal scheme was mooted. Does he dispute that there was any talk of a boycott of the scheme at the meeting?