Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To finish off what we were dealing with a minute ago, I want to ask all the witnesses whether there is a total breakdown of trust between the witnesses present in regard to all of the evidence that has been given so far and between the Garda authorities, the Commissioner and the assistant commissioners. Is there total mistrust within the whole organisation at the moment, both among the civilians who are here, all working for the good of the Garda, and among the gardaí and the Garda authority itself? Can each one of the witnesses answer that much, given what we are looking at in the evidence today? Is there a total breakdown of communications and trust in the procedures and in the way the whole thing is handled? Are they all at loggerheads with one another or is there any unity of purpose?