Eugene Murphy (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Chairman, if I could make a comment, I genuinely wish you well in your role. Perhaps as a compromise, as Deputy Griffin suggested, you may be prepared to tell members that you will make a statement to the Dáil next week in order that we can move on with the committee. That would be one form of compromise and it is not a big ask. I do not want to get embroiled in a major controversy. The committee can be a very important one for members of the public and it would be a pity if we became embroiled in a nasty controversy today. Perhaps as a gesture to the valid questions that have been asked, you will consider making a statement to the Dáil on what emerged yesterday in order that we could move forward.

I ask the members to accept that, if you are willing to make the statement.