Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

What really screams out from the emails is the complete lack of surprise in the strategy shown for the people who received the emails on 15 May and 4 July. We have to see this in the context of the backdrop of what was taking place at the time. I find it almost unbelievable to think there was not further discussion on these issues through communication, dialogue and further emails. Was there? If there was not, are the witnesses happy to confirm on the record that nobody at a senior level in the Department at the time had any inkling that the Commissioner was less than 100% behind Sergeant McCabe?