Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Let us fast forward then to October. Mr. Culhane wrote to the Garda Commissioner, the deputy commissioners and the CAO. This is the letter in which the Official Secrets Act was quoted. In it, he recounted the events of 21 October when the witness, Mr. Michael Dodd and Mr. PJ Leonard were having lunch in the restaurant and were joined by Mr. John Barrett and Mr. Alan Mulligan. During lunch, Mr. Barrett pointedly stated that he wanted a private meeting with Mr. McGee,, which was held in his office for about 15 minutes. I have no doubt that all of that happened. What is also clear is that Mr. McGee went back to Mr. Culhane and faithfully rehearsed everything that Mr. Barrett had raised with him. How do I know this? I know this because Mr. Culhane very helpfully itemises it Nos. 1 to 6 in this correspondence. It seems very clear that the witness said that he had a particular kind of conversation. According to the letter, he told Mr. Culhane at this point that Mr. Barrett had told him that his job was safe and that Mr. Barrett regarded him almost as a whistleblower etc. It is in the correspondence.