Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I do not think so. I will leave it at that.

Can I get back to the date of 24 February? Prior to my contribution, Deputy Catherine Connolly was going down a road I would like to go down a little further. There is considerable interest in the dates of 5 and 6 March. I accept that there could be a one in 365 chance of it being the day after. Deputy Josepha Madigan referred to this also. I do not believe the issue of the two dates is the really important one. I believe the events of 6 March happened because of the article in Sunday Independenton 22 February. That was also around the same time Deputy John McGuinness raised the issue of the disclosure in Dáil Éireann. That is what prompted the writing of the letter on 24 February. There is no credible reason for there being such a delay in asking the Garda whether the report could be published. This should have been a request that was ongoing, or one being made all the time. Because it had taken this length of time, all of a sudden, the heat was on in Dáil Éireann and it was coming from the Sunday Independent. In fairness to both the print and broadcast media then and now, we would not be sitting here were it not for them. They have done us all a good service. That was the motivation. Mr. O'Brien said quite diligently and proudly that he had not received the information on the disclosure until 10 March. I will check the record, but I am sure it was 10 March. If I am wrong, I will apologise, but it was around then. The fact is that these two happenings occurred literally just before the HSE decided to ask the Garda whether the report should or could be published.