Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

Could I please clarify and finish answering the question? The fact is this group was established and it was to go through the process of informing all the relevant parties, keeping the Department and everyone else informed of that. I entrusted the job, and the sequence with which that was done, to the group as it was established. It is my understanding that it is accepted practice that the Accounting Officer cannot have oversight and responsibility for absolutely everything. It is my understanding that it is standard practice-----