Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is where I come to the question of a breakdown in communication and trust. Essentially what you are telling us is there was a breakdown in trust. If there was a breakdown in communication, that happens quite often and there can be clarity. Here you are saying there was something astounding said to you by the chair. The chair was saying, "You send a letter and I am going to resign." I just wonder then what was the point of the Friday morning meeting if, effectively, it was either a case that the chair had more or less said she was resigning or, in a sense, it was constructive dismissal, which is what a lot of us would argue happened on the "Prime Time" programme.