Mr. Martin Callinan:

No, we have found no evidence of that type of activity. I suppose I should qualify that by saying that there is currently one file with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to specific allegations against three members of An Garda Síochána. When a previous file under this legislation was sent to that office, it said there was no evidence found and there was no prosecution. That was the result of that investigation. Each of the two files I am indicating to the committee - one has been dealt with and the other is still live with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions - has been created by two of the people who are central to these allegations. Very specific allegations were made in these cases.

To come back to the Deputy's question, page 25 of the O'Mahoney report, under the heading Family Connections, states:

In the absence of specific information it is difficult to categorically identify whether the petitioner is in any way connected with either the terminating office or a member of An Garda Síochána.
1,530 of the 1,537 terminations examined (99.5%) had no identifiable family connection between the terminating member of An Garda Síochána and the fixed charge nominee.

These are in relation to the very specific allegations that were made and identified by the O'Mahoney investigation. This may be a good opportunity for the Assistant Commissioner to respond.