Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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The gentleman present are all welcome and I thank them for their attendance. While it has been stated previously, I reiterate the members' disappointment that neither Mr. Flannery nor Ms Kerins is joining this meeting. The committee very much hopes this can be put to rights and members will see them sometime soon.

I will stick with the coffins if I may and with the permission of Mr. Kerr, I will address this question to Mr. Hogan because from reading the minutes, I understand he might be best placed to deal with the issue. According to the minutes in front of members, on 23 November 2009 Mr. Horgan approached the board and told it there had been discussions with the company with a view to the importation of coffins in order to sell them in Ireland. Ms Kerins made a disclosure at this stage that members of her family, namely, her brother - it is in the minutes in the plural, as "brothers" but it is actually "brother" - and husband have an involvement with this business. This is the note members have to hand, which was signed by Mr. Poole, the company secretary. I ask Mr. Hogan whether Complete Eco Solutions was the company in question with which discussions had been had and to which Ms Kerins was referring?