Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It was in the interests of the organisation that this change take place, and take place quickly. I can understand people looking at this situation from the outside and making some effort to suggest we were doing something other than what was going to happen if the contract was terminated. That is what had to be done. We had to take that into consideration and move the situation forward quickly, which is what was done. The approvals were sought and obtained.

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