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

Photo of Caoimhghín Ó CaoláinCaoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If that is the case - and I have no reason to doubt it because this is the first time it has been answered - I welcome it. That is the extent of responsibility and public service that I and everyone else in this room would expect of every person in those positions. Have past employees of the Department also carried out individual accountability exercises? If the trawl had been targeted, it would have thrown up the most recently discovered emails. I hold that view and I believe it is the view of my colleagues. Nothing that I have heard today dispels that belief. A comprehensive electronic trawl should have been carried out and the Charleton tribunal should then have determined relevance.

Ms McPhillips is the acting Secretary General of the Department of Justice. There are a couple of points not aligned to what we have been discussing that I want to make before she leaves. This is a golden opportunity and I do not want to lose it. Would Ms McPhillips like to comment on what I have just said?

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