Mr. Kieran FitzGerald:

I think the Deputy's question is addressed to me, given that I was the individual who appeared on "Prime Time" last night. It was our intention to appear before this committee and that is what we told the various media outlets that contacted us. However, such was the nature of the public and political discourse yesterday evening that we felt, unfortunately, that we had to make a public intervention. The circumstances warranted a change of approach.

I join with the Chairman in welcoming the GSOC personnel here today. I have a number of questions and I realise that much ground has been covered. How long did the security sweep take and over what period of time was it carried out? What kind of Wi-Fi device was it? Perhaps Mr. O'Brien can elaborate on that. Was it a router and what exactly was the potential of the device that was found? How many telephone lines are connected to GSOC's headquarters? Where is the suspicious equipment stored now? Were a public inquiry to be held, would that equipment be presented to the inquiry?