Mr. Tony O'Brien:

I have nothing to correct here because the letter Deputy Madigan is referring to, which was addressed to me, in response to inquiries I made of the Garda Commissioner was not until 23 December. It referenced a letter that had been sent earlier to Conor Dignam by another senior officer, Eugene Corcoran, which was on 15 July 2016. We have provided it to the committee as part of the FOI file, which was never given to the HSE until it was attached to the letter of the Commissioner, but even after the letter of 15 July we were still receiving written correspondence from elsewhere in An Garda Síochána continuing to request us not to publish the reports.