Katherine Zappone (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The first question pertains to whether I am correct in my understanding of some of the things the Secretary General has said. Effectively, my question asked why no investigation was undertaken in respect of section 8 of the regulation. I was not asking about an inquiry. First, is my understanding correct that the Secretary General was saying that as others were doing it, the Department did not have to? Second, am I correct in understanding that part of the Secretary General's answer to my question as to why the Department did not undertake an investigation in terms of an allegation against the Commissioner was that the Department did not undertake an investigation because the only way of finding out the answers here was to go to the Commissioner himself, even though the allegation was against the Commissioner? In light of the things the Secretary General is saying, my third question is whether he now regrets he did not undertake an investigation.