David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

But why not? The Minister went to great lengths to write to his Cabinet colleagues. I am not sure what the value was of doing that but the Minister sent a letter to his Cabinet colleagues, and while the Minister may not have used this language it was reported by the media as BAM holding the country to ransom. Those were the headlines coming out. The Minister did meet with the parent company and I would have assumed he used the facts that were presented to us by the board and said very strongly to BAM that they had committed to 1,700 productive operators and yet we are told it is only 774 and that this is why there have been 14 missed completion dates, and asking if they could accept this was a fact. Did the Minister put it to them to confirm that? Did they accept failure on their part to resource the project?