Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I do not know how the Chairman would suspect that. I have many questions on this. The Chairman should not worry as they are not to cross over the tribunal. Effectively, there is a Charleton liaison committee in place in An Garda Síochána. It is effectively a unit to process all the information provided to the tribunal. There are many media reports on the lack of information going through the unit into the tribunal, but that is a separate matter. The issue for us is whether there was any transparency, public process or anything at all in regard to the setting up of this unit. I cannot find it. Who chose the individuals? Why were they chosen? How did the Department sanction them? Was the request for sanction put to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform? Did it go through the Department of Justice and Equality before the people were picked? I have been asking questions to the Department of Justice and Equality and the answers I have got are unsatisfactory, as usual. We are to have the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality next week. We may just ask this question.