Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Please, Senator MacSharry, I will give you as much time as you like but do not create an impression here this morning. When we move to the nexus phase of this inquiry, names will be used and they can be used quite explicitly and in detail. We have a very experienced and expert research team working on our behalf which is preparing us for the nexus phase where we will be dealing with names. In this part of the inquiry, which is the context phase, which the members decided to do to give a broader context, we as a committee agreed we would not name individuals as we would do so in the nexus stage. I would not be trying to create by the back door any illusion that there is a restriction on this committee in not being able to name individuals. We will be able to do so in the nexus phase. I would certainly not be putting witnesses in a position this morning and inadvertently trying to tease that out of them when they were forewarned that they would not be doing that this morning.