Mr. Tony O'Brien:

With the permission of the Chair, I need to address that point. I was expressly asked by the former chairman of this committee, Deputy McGuinness, at the conclusion of the final meeting of this committee during the previous Dáil, to enquire into whether this agency had been adequately funded or penalised or any other negative thing that may have happened as a result of whistleblowers being from that agency. I undertook to this committee to engage in an external review and that is why it is happening.