Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality

4:55 pm

Mr. Brian Purcell:

I hear what Senator Zappone is saying. What I am trying to say is, of course, with the benefit of hindsight I might say that, knowing what we know now, and when we have a situation where a commission of investigation is now being set up, maybe we would have looked at it differently. Every one of us can be wise with the benefit of hindsight. What I am trying to say, I suppose, is that I am entirely satisfied with the way this was viewed and the analysis that was done, despite the fact that Mr. Guerin SC said there were no findings of fact. Certainly, anyone reading the report might say he is pointing in a direction that a proper analysis of this was not done. What I am saying is that a proper analysis of this was done and, in the circumstances and given the limitations of the structures that were in place at the time, it was reasonable.

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