Minister for State Pat Breen arranged dinner between Naughten and broadband bidder

Minister of State Pat Breen has said tonight that he did attend a number of meetings and events with David McCourt, including a dinner with former Minister Naughten.

In a statement, he said that he had arranged for Mr Naughten to attend dinner at Mr McCourt's home and said that, to his knowledge, the National Broadband Plan was not discussed.