Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said that it may have been preferable if the conversation had not taken place. Is he saying then that he deeply regrets that the conversation took place, that it should not have taken place and that, in that case, he did not carry out his function as Minister appointed by this House?

The Minister was interrupted when he was responding to Deputy Howlin regarding other groups, obviously journalists, the trade union and other representatives who had contacted him in that period, particularly the mid-November period. Was he contacted by other stakeholders in the industry, other media groups, The Irish Timesor whoever?

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