Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Right. We will see whether that is there. We know that Mr. Daly has sought to discount, and in his view it is the correct thing to say, that the Northern committee had no real clout, no decision-making powers and so on. However, he went further in his eagerness to confront Mr. McCarthy's report. He is on the public record as describing this committee as a talking shop. I understand that Mr. McCarthy is limited in how he can respond to that, but I would like a response from him on that. Would Mr. McCarthy describe that Northern advisory committee as a talking shop?