Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I agree with what Deputy Fleming has said. One point that has been missed, which is an important point, is that a transcript would help resolve any conflict about what happened at that private meeting. I have already seen stuff in the public arena, which is absolute nonsense, about what happened at the private meeting. It would be very useful if we could have a definitive script that would do that.

I am afraid that what I see as the opposition to releasing the transcript is a smokescreen of procedural obstacles. They are not convincing. We have got rules that we can work under, but to have all sorts of different committees and lawyers referred to, and all sorts of excuses like that, really does not wash. If we want to release this, we can release it and we should release it. I formally propose that we make a transcript and that we release it to Sergeant McCabe.