Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Fraser and I appreciate his attendance before this committee. As the Chairman and the previous speaker has said, it is really important that the work of these committees is not impeded or frustrated. It is disappointing that for the first time in as long as I am member of this committee, at well over a decade, we have had to seek compellability because another Secretary General is refusing to attend this committee at this point. Mr. Fraser is before us, however, and I welcome his comments.

I will go back to a question that has been asked. In response to Deputy O'Callaghan, Mr. Fraser stated his recollection was that he, the CMO and the Secretary General at the Department of Health, Mr. Robert Watt, did not have a meeting.

In what form was your conversation with Dr. Holohan at the end of the summer? Was it a telephone conversation?