John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is not true. We invited the industry and we were able to accommodate this meeting today. It is not fair to say the others refused to attend. It was because we could not find a suitable time and date. As can be seen from this morning’s meeting, it takes a considerable length of time to talk to the three companies with us. We will get to the others on a different date.