Ms Amanda Fullerton:

I will leave the committee with one thought. In 2006 we were assured, at the highest level in this Government, by the then Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and by the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Paul Goggins, maximum co-operation to facilitate this murder investigation. That was nine years ago. We made a little headway after that but then there was no communication from the Garda. The reason the force has given information to the police Ombudsman now is that it is an open investigation. It has been an open investigation all along. I believe that this is an unacceptable excuse for a lack of co-operation, as does our legal team and the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. I am keen for some earnest thought to be given to questioning this reasoning or rationale by the Garda authorities. I would like to leave this room with some serious attempt to get to the bottom of what happened in Donegal and why the Garda was not instructed to conduct a proper investigation.