Dr. Ronan Lyons:

I apologise. As Mr. O’Flynn mentioned, a number of commissioners - certainly more than two - had questions about the report, that is, the report supported by the majority and prepared by the commission. A decision had to be taken at that meeting, however. People either had to support it or hold their peace. Mr. O’Flynn and I said we could not support the report in those circumstances. We then prepared a minority report. While I am not aware whether every member of the commission read the minority report, Dermot O'Leary read it and subsequently wrote a letter to the Minister stating that, of the two reports submitted, he supported ours. I have not received any confirmation that other commissioners read it. That is not to disparage them; I accept that everyone has a lot to do. It is not the case, however, that we can say for certain that all of the other commissioners preferred one report over the other. We do not know that for certain.