Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh:

As I understand, two days were set aside and two days were used. The Deputy needs to appreciate that discussions were happening prior to those at Croke Park about bottom lines and options. The stances the parties took meant it was not possible to bring the talks to conclusion in July and that all the parties needed to reflect further and come back with additional information and additional proposals. The union position was that it would not agree to an outcome that led to a requirement of staff transfer. That was very limiting for the options on the management side trying to get agreement. Several conversations took place on those issues to bring us to a point.