Ms Josephine Feehily:

My recollection is that the assurance we received was that the chief administrative officer had reviewed Gmail traffic at Commissioner level and found there was nothing inappropriate. There was an acknowledgement to us and to this committee some time ago that there was Gmail traffic. Magazine articles were referred to, but the material did not in any way raise a concern. My recollection is that we got that assurance on the record at the November 2016 authority meeting. We called for the report; the report has been shared. Deputy Wallace obviously has it. I am inclined to the view that the CAO just forgot he had supplied us with a report. We reminded him of this about two days later, or perhaps the day we realised he had indicated to the committee that there was no report. Our focus has been on ensuring they get the technical fix in to ensure that it cannot be done, and that is progressing. The thing we are disappointed with is that they have not yet signed off on a policy.