Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to send a letter back to Mr. Timothy Owens, with a copy to be sent to the chairman of the board, stating that the committee is not happy with the tone of the letter from that point of view. The first sentence in the letter states that Cork ETB does not have a policy or practice prohibiting people from applying for employment or re-employment. When he continues the entire substance of his letter deals with the individual concerned. He identifies that person and makes comments on whether the person was successful at other interview processes. It was unfair to put this on the public record. We should say in our letter that he should have stuck to the specific issue and that he made some injudicious remarks about the individual concerned, who can be identified, and he should not have done so. I want a letter in that format to go to the chief executive and to the chairman of the board, to be brought to the attention of board members at a subsequent meeting. I am not happy that he went into that detail about the individual.

The committee will note that letter but not publish it. I would be conflicted if I put that letter in the public domain.