Mr. Tony O'Brien:

Once we had the letter from the Commissioner clarifying the issue it also clarified the need for two teams to sit down and work their way through the documents to agree the redacted versions to be published. The Deputy will see that there are redactions in what has been now published. They were agreed line by line by the publishers, ourselves and a team representing An Garda Síochána at national and regional investigative levels. That is why there is an interval between the correspondence from the Commissioner and the publication date. They had to agree what was to be published and then put in place a process relating to all those who were named. Having regard to the particular circumstances of many of the clients who were affected, they also needed a more accessible version.