James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister's diary shows a meeting between him and David McCourt in the Members' restaurant of Leinster House on 18 April, at which time the NBP was being processed. David McCourt is the founder and chairman of the only remaining consortium in the bidding process, namely Granahan McCourt. I am informed that Mr. McCourt attended the meeting in the Members' restaurant, to which he must have been invited by a Member. The Minister said it was to celebrate a birthday. Was Mr. McCourt signed in under the Minister's name? Did the Minister meet him at any time during that day? Did the Minister speak with him at any time that day either in person, on the phone or by email or in the subsequent days? If so, what was the nature of that conversation and to whom did the Minister convey its nature subsequent to speaking with Mr. McCourt?

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