Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

From what I can see, the Minister did not have confidence in the chair on Thursday. She wrote to the chair looking for a meeting. At that meeting on Friday, if she had turned up, the Minister was going to tell her she was disappointed. From what I can see and from listening to the Minister's comments, she did not have confidence in the chair. Surely the Minister should have given her the respect of not doing the "Prime Time" interview. This woman has put in a tremendous amount of work over 15 months. Did the Minister's officials not think of advising her? I know they are not being questioned tonight. Did someone not say it to her? The whole place knew this.

Who alerted the media to this happening because it is like a set-up?