Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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There is still confusion on this issue. We are talking about a company that was contracted to the IFFPG for 15 years. The director of that company, in his statement, said that on or around the morning of 18 May 2021, he was telephoned by the CEO of the IFFPG and verbally informed that the contract with Walker Recycling Services Limited was terminated, with no reason given. Mr. Moloney, however, is telling us that the contract was terminated in early June, which is some three weeks later. One of the two witnesses is very mixed up with their telephone calls. Can Mr. Moloney clarify the date? He and his colleagues appeared before the committee on a previous occasion. It gets really annoying when different groups come in telling us different things. Our purpose, as a committee, is to get the facts and ensure there is oversight of the expenditure of public money. When the witnesses from the IFFPG came before the committee on the previous occasion, did they not think it worthwhile to inform us that, if Mr. Walker is correct, it had terminated his contract that same morning?