Ms Josephine Feehily:

As I said, I do not agree that they found the door closed to them. Their interventions were by telephone. They were received professionally and courteously and all of their concerns were known to us. We assured them that we had their letters and that we would not let their concerns drop. Specifically on the risk to victims, the authority has been raising this issue since April 2017 at the highest level within the Garda organisation. It runs across our work. It is not confined to this area. This is just one lens through which data quality is being looked at. When the Deputy studies the child sex abuse report, she will find it equally reflected there.