Ms Anne McDonagh:

With a view to handing it over the diocese? No. The archdiocese has never gone to any congregation asking it to hand its property over to the diocese. There have been cases in which the congregation has come and asked the diocese to take over responsibility for something. That has happened.

Deputy O'Brien asked when the De La Salle congregation sent the statement to the archdiocese. It was sent in written form in December 2013.