Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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I thank Ms Tallon for that clarification. I just find it odd that so many people on the board seemed to have so many professional interests in the work the authority was doing at the time. I also find it odd when we discuss conflicts of interest that it is just seen as a perception issue, a perceived conflict of interest rather than actual conflict of interest.

That is still the language being used concerning the reason why the chairman might leave when discussing the Irish Glass Bottle site and also the replacement chairman because of his perceived conflicts of interests.

During Ms Moylan's time on the board, after the deal went through in 2005 and was signed in early 2006, I could not see any other mention of it in the minutes from board meetings relating to the Irish Glass Bottle site throughout 2007 until the very end when a financial problem appears to raise its head in respect of the remediation works on the site. Does it strike her as odd that a project of this magnitude, which was a new thing for the authority, would not be referred to again in any detail at board meetings once the documents were signed? Did she ever raise it?