Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have read the entire transcript of the proceedings of last week's meeting a couple of times. In evidence, the Commissioner said she acted promptly. She repeatedly said she acted promptly once she was aware in July and she immediately set up a group and the Department was on the group. She said "I also took the decision that we needed to have representatives from all the relevant sections in that group, along with the Department of Justice and Equality representatives." Mr. O'Callaghan is now telling me the Department was not invited onto the group immediately but months later.