Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for attending the meeting. I congratulate Ms McPhillips on her appointment as acting Secretary General which is not an easy job. I disagree with her statement that there is a prevalent view about the competence and even probity of the Department. I do not believe that view is prevalent and I certainly do not accept the simplistic political narrative that all of the recent problems have been caused by a dysfunctionality in the Department.

Ms McPhillips indicated that requests or discovery orders were received from the disclosures tribunal in February, April and September 2017. Did the Department swear an affidavit of discovery in order to comply with those requests?