Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

When I made my comments, which were not meant to offend Senator Quinn, I did not realise there was a family relationship involved. I would not wish to offend the Senator in any sense because we go back a long way to the time when I was Minister of State with responsibility for trade and marketing. His company has been exemplary in what it has done for Irish industry and producers. His was the first company to introduce the concept of traceability. I did not use the name in any way to insult the Senator; it was not intentional. In fact, I did not even make the connection until now. I want to make that clear.