Mr. Simon O'Brien:

I do not think that is a credible way to proceed. We are a State investigative body. As my colleague, Mr. Kieran FitzGerald, stated on "Prime Time" last night, it would almost be ludicrous to ask the Garda to conduct an investigation of an activity that may have involved one of its members. I was clear that if we suspected that an agent or other individual may have been involved in a form of surveillance that was erring towards an offence, that was something I would refer immediately to the Garda Commissioner.