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

I will ask two questions together. John Mooney, the journalist in question from The Sunday Timesexplicitly stated that certain events prompted the third security sweep. Deputy Mulherin alluded to that as well. That uncovered the external Wi-Fi shadow device. Could Mr. O’Brien confirm what those events were? On “Prime Time” Commissioner FitzGerald acknowledged that there was a heightened awareness throughout 2012 regarding certain matters that appeared in the public domain and public discourse – reference has been made to that.

Can Mr. O'Brien elaborate on what these things were? Were there other certain events? To get to the heart of the issue, what suspicions were there and what were the commission's suspicions? Were there additional suspicions of which we are not aware?
I have one final and unrelated question. Mr. O'Brien has repeatedly said today that he regrets not reporting to the Minister for Justice and Equality until after the revelation appeared in The Sunday Times.Is that regret simply as a result of the information leaking into the public domain? In other words, had it not leaked into the public domain, would he still regret it?