Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Having listed to Senator Barrett, I am minded to think back to my time as Minister for the Environment in the Custom House, when I embarked on a series of communications with what could be described as lobbyists for the taxi industry. I met representatives from various interest groups over a protracted period, and it happened that the leader of the first delegation that came to visit me left and joined a different lobbying group, which was the last group I met. They had a completely different position by the time the lobbying concluded. I agree that one learns about the presentation of facts over time.