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

Excuse me. Mr. O'Brien referred in his statement to an appearance he made before this committee in February 2016. At that stage, these matters of public concern — the whistleblowing and the funding — were well ventilated and known. It seems to me that it was quite a deliberate decision not to ask Deloitte to examine the relationship between the whistleblowing and the funding. I believe Mr. O'Brien made an active decision on that, yet he says he did not do it because it is a matter for the commission of investigation. The commission was not established until March 2017, a year later.