Mr. Ciarán Breen:

What happened then, as I understand it, is that Vicky Phelan quite rightly said she was not going to accept that she would be bound by such a clause. Therefore, the mediation never get off the ground. That is why, when speaking to Senator Kieran O'Donnell, I said it was very tragic that it ended up proceeding to a court hearing over those couple of days. The opportunity had been lost.