Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Why was the steering group not consulted? The steering group met in November and said that it needed another meeting to consider the GMP report in order that it might make a recommendation to the board, which, in turn, could make a recommendation to the Government. There was time to procure the four reports that the Chairman mentioned but the officials did not even go to the steering group.