Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Senator may remember that I did give the benefit of the doubt to the chair in July. I did that for the sake of stability within the organisation. I was asking about two specific packages on the Monday and again on the Wednesday, however, on several occasions, plus the fact that I discovered on the Monday that information was not provided to me in relation to Rory Coveney. The knowledge she had about that was not provided to me, and there was another apology on the Monday in that regard. I queried why it had not been clarified by her, that she had been named in print media, that she had approved the packages. I am paraphrasing here, but in the meeting she said she did not understand why her name was in there because she had no role whatsoever. It was quite a detailed question on the Wednesday because of the letter I received on the Wednesday, but on that Monday I said I would go out and clarify it for her. That was the agreement. The former chair knew that I would go out to the media and clarify that she had no role whatsoever in this. It was quite significant because some journalists said, "Hold on, are you telling us now that was an incorrect report?"