John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

By way of concluding this part of proceedings, I wish to state that the Committee of Public Accounts last night agreed to engage again with one of the whistleblowers because he asked to come before us. We agreed that we would hear his evidence on Thursday next. I think the Commissioner should be aware of that. In the letter to which I referred earlier, the second whistleblower has stated, "I am willing to give evidence to your committee at the earliest opportunity". That just arrived this morning, so it will be with the correspondence circulated to members. That is the state of play at present and, as indicated, the information is before us in redacted form in order that there is protection for both the individual garda and the individual who was stopped. It is disturbing to read the material involved. There is a need for a comprehensive response to this document and to what are being presented as facts from the Commissioner to the committee on another time. To be fair, I will not discuss the matter in detail because the Commissioner has not seen any of the documentation.