Mr. Brian Purcell:

That was actually a mistake. The advice was not to refer them to the Minister without further ado. The advice was received was actually to refer them to the Garda Commissioner without further ado. That was actually a mistake made in the quotation in the Guerin report. It was not that they should be referred to the Minister without further ado. It was that they should be referred to the Garda Commissioner without further ado. That, as I stated, what went to the heart of the issue we had in regard to those where we were seeking to get the permission of Sergeant McCabe to send them to the Garda Commissioner.