Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses and thank them for sitting through what is a long session. That is appreciated. Many of the issues have been addressed already, whether satisfactorily or not is a matter for interpretation.

In respect of the potential for more information to leak out in the coming days, perhaps next Sunday, through publication in national newspapers - Mr. O’Brien seems to think there is a strong likelihood of that – I am interested to hear whether he has any intention of sharing in more detail either with Members of the Oireachtas or with the committee, the notes to which he referred in his opening statement which verify that whatever might be leaked in terms of the motivation behind the sweeping in the first place is entirely different to what he recalls. That is most important. If Mr. O’Brien has a clear and distinctive recollection which differs from what might appear in the national media in the days ahead then at the very least it should be shared with the Oireachtas and potentially published. He referred specifically to notes in his possession. It would be in the public interest to learn what is in those notes. Should I stop and allow Mr. O’Brien to respond to the first question?