David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses and wish them well in the time ahead, as I am sure everyone else has. It has been a tough time for everybody, including big and small businesses, and I wish everyone well.

I will start with Mr. McDonnell. His opening statement got some understandable media attention and focus because of some references he made, on which I want further clarification. One of the main points he seemed to make is that many of the policy responses that were put in place to support businesses were aimed at multinationals and bigger businesses and that there was no formal liaison, or there was a lack of engagement, with ISME on these issues. Other people may have asked these questions as well. While he says there was no formal liaison, what contact was there between the Department, the Government and his organisation on these policy responses?