Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and thank her for being with us for so long.

I will pay tribute to Siún Ní Raghallaigh. I have had the benefit of meeting her here on numerous occasions. I found her to be beyond reproach, as someone who took on a difficult job and put an immense effort into trying to resolve this issue. One can only imagine the challenges she faced, the kind of detail she was trying to work through on a daily basis and the multiplicity of angles that were emerging, all for what is a non-executive role. I doubt she realised the breadth and depth of work that was involved, but she seemed to take it on. It is a huge loss to the organisation and to the State that she is gone. I just wanted to put that on record. I have full confidence in her notwithstanding the issues that have arisen and I share the position of others in having confidence in Kevin Bakhurst and the work he is trying to do.

I want to try to understand how we got to where we are. I will not go over the issues in detail. Based on everything you have said, the core of it is that inaccurate information was provided to you. You were misinformed by the former chair, but you accept that this was inadvertent. You have said that.