Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I agree that Mr. Nugent is totally entitled to his opinion, but let us produce the transcript which will prove what was said. The reality is that the criteria were set in such a way that Assistant Commissioner Pat Leahy had no choice but to recommend what he did. However, he made it very clear that it was not a priority for him. It was also made clear that the head of human resources, incredibly, had never been consulted on the reopening of Stepaside Garda station. That is all on the record.

I want to ask a few questions about breath tests and overtime. I will return to Mr. Nugent. I had no intention of going anywhere near this issue, but I was thrown by his remark that he had not been asked to produce a report on the previous Commissioner's Gmail account. I even used my phone to look up reports from the time because I thought I was losing my memory. I took down what the Minister of the day, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, had said, that she was awaiting a report being produced by An Garda Síochána. We know that all reports come through Mr. Nugent. This has been reported in full everywhere, included at the meeting of the Policing Authority in late November or early December - I cannot remember the date - in 2016.