Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will conclude with this. It is being said, and Mr. FitzGerald identified this last night, that because GSOC was pursuing an investigation - which it is its job to do, courageously, without fear or favour, to pursue every issue - that had very serious ramifications for people at a higher level in An Garda Síochána, it had therefore put itself in the way of surveillance and monitoring and the outcome was potentially a threat to An Garda Síochána. It is being said that may have been GSOC’s reason for bringing in a high-level security analysis to protect itself from a threat. Is that a fair or unfair assessment?