Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 December 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Functioning of the Department of Justice and Equality: Department of Justice and Equality

9:00 am

Ms Oonagh McPhillips:

It was due to the fact that there were two processes. I am sorry that the Deputy believes I have not answered the questions, but I am honestly doing my best. There were three discovery orders in February, April and September and they were fully complied with. There were then a number of voluntary disclosures, including three protected disclosures, reports from the Garda Commissioner under section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act and, most recently, the email chain. As other members will be familiar with, sometimes it is required that one obtain an order to discover documents. Some will be covered or may be legally privileged and an order of the tribunal is the most effective way to discover thelm. We seek an order to do this and it is complied with.

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