Mr. Brian Purcell:

I do not actually believe the Minister was given that advice. However, this was tied up with circumstances in which papers had gone to the Garda Commissioner earlier. There was a problem in Sergeant McCabe's view in regard to that particular issue. I refer to the three dossiers in respect of which there was a significant overlap between some the earlier allegations, the two boxes of papers that were produced during the course of the assistant commissioner's investigation and a third dossier advising that the matter be sent back to Sergeant McCabe as it related to a civil case