Ms Josephine Feehily:

I would not maybe go as far as "common knowledge", but certainly not confidential. It was known and it was entirely unremarkable. I stated earlier the fact that the Garda authorities gave us a copy of their letter and it was communicated back to Ms West that we had it. The Deputy has to understand that the Policing Authority is engaging every day with people who work in the Garda Síochána. Telephone calls are made. Matters received on headed paper, we are entitled to assume, are official, etc. The fact that there was contact from the analysis service with the authority was certainly well known. The first introduction from Ms West was that she had been given the name and personal number of the authority's secretary by a member of Garda senior management. In that case, we were entitled to assume that it was knowledge.