Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I assure the Deputy that there is no question, on my watch, of those in the GSOC requiring to do something of importance in the public interest and then their being deprived of the resources they require. There is no indication to me that they lack the resources they need to address issues that are before them at present or with regard to a matter referred to them within the past 24 hours.

Incidentally - I will say this in one sentence so that I do not get shot - it was open to the GSOC at any time to have taken up those issues on its own initiative if it had concluded it was in the public interest and need to do so. Again, that is something that seems to be missed in some of the commentary. Clearly, until I referred the matter to those in the GSOC, they did not form a view that the public interest required that they engage on the matter.