Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We must proceed with caution. There are potential implications in the context of how this and other committees might operate in the future. With respect, this issue is much larger than Sergeant McCabe. I expressed some concerns in respect of the unintended consequences to which remarks made at last week's meeting could potentially give rise. We will no longer have control over the transcript - I do not mean that we should seek such control - if it is released. We must be extremely careful and prudent in the context of how we proceed. We would be remiss, in terms of our responsibility to the House and the citizenry, if we did not seek legal advice in the first instance. When such advice is received, we can then make a decision one way or the other.