Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

While it is often very positive when an inquiry is set up, one of the frustrating things is that it closes down other lines of inquiry on things. We need to learn some lessons on that as it possibly closes things down inappropriately. For example, someone who has submitted a freedom of information request before an inquiry has been set up cannot be refused that reply on the basis that an inquiry has been set up if the FOI predates the inquiry. There are elements of that which are important to us in learning lessons on future inquiries that might be set up.