Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Secretary General and her officials for coming. I do not believe I will have a productive time in asking questions because I will go over some ground that has been covered before and I am not doing so because I like to hear the sound of my own voice. I am doing so because there is complete inconsistency in the way the officials have answered questions. Perhaps that is because I have not been a Deputy for donkey's years and have not had the privilege or pleasure of having officials from the Department before me at a committee and these may be the standard responses.

Let us start with what I do not understand and see if I can tease out the matter. My comments will very much follow on from what Senator Martin Conway and Deputy Clare Daly raised with the officials. In her opening statement the Secretary General said:

Discovery orders were received in February, April and September 2017. These orders were fully complied with and documentation was compiled and forwarded to the tribunal in February, May and September.

She contends that her Department fully complied with the discovery order. If so, why was additional information sent to the tribunal?