Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

In fairness to the acting Garda Commissioner, I believe that when he came in here in July he gave us that commitment in good faith. I thought that the two letters that came from the Department and from the acting Garda Commissioner himself, although short, were very revealing. In his letter, the acting Garda Commissioner states that he is aware that the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality had written to the committee indicating that it would be inappropriate for the Department to release the report at this time. The acting Garda Commissioner had presumably had the discussion with the Department about this issue before coming in here and before writing that letter, seeing as he was aware of this.