Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

I do not think it is a strange thing to say. First, I had no knowledge, and nor did many people in the organisation, that Breda O'Keeffe took a voluntary exit package until she said it in one of the committees. Having heard that I asked a little more to establish the facts in the couple of days before I appeared before the committee. When I appeared at the PAC, Deputy Kelly rightly suggested that although I furnished the facts about what happened - and which were confirmed in the report - there needed to be a wider investigation to see if there were any other cases in this category.