Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I do not go around challenging everyone's integrity. In fact, on the day in question, Deputy Kenny said he was not challenging anyone's integrity at the time the resignation took place. I do not want to get involved in personalising matters in that manner.

The context of all this is that there was a controversy as regards travel arrangements which had been in place. It was regarded as being in the best interests of the organisation that Mr. Molloy should move on. That was facilitated as a result of a discussion that would take place, initially between the board chairman and himself, and which would be submitted to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and subsequently approved by the Department of Finance.

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