Professor Shane Kilcommins:

It is exactly as the Cathaoirleach said. At the meeting that day, it was suggested that he had a long-standing commitment. I was surprised because I had been told differently. I came to speak on the Rhebogue transaction because he could not attend for the reasons he gave me. I was surprised by that comment. I followed up the next day and sent email correspondence to the president and the chief corporate officer suggesting that what I was told previously was different from what the committee was told on 18 May and if there was an issue, the record needed to be corrected. I brought that up and we had an emergency executive meeting on 19 May where it was discussed.