Ms Laura Galligan:

I started the review with 2014 - not for any particular reason. It was just the year I began with. I immediately started identifying inaccuracies with the Office of the State Pathologist records, PULSE and our spreadsheets. I suggested working in collaboration with the Office of the State Pathologist because I knew its files are filled with information and background to the case. Immediately, I identified in 2014 a number of cases. I told Ms West by telephone. I was away on training abroad with An Garda Síochána. When I returned, I began dealing with cases from 2015. Ms West told me to stop it at three years as a sample period so we could raise this issue quite quickly with the Garda executive.