Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On 27 April, at the public meeting of the Policing Authority, a document was presented to the authority and the impression was given that it was a full and considered opinion. There was no indication given that the data analysis service had not been consulted and it was not contradicted at the meeting in any way. At our meeting approximately two months ago, I asked Mr. Finn about that and I have quoted what he said. I asked how it happened and why the Garda analysis services was not consulted and asked to sign off on the document. Mr. Finn said:

I accept that concerns were raised about this. In the report presented to the Policing Authority in April somebody had reviewed the investigations and clarified that an investigation had been carried out in each of the 41 incidents. The error, however, was made in that we did not sit down with the analysts and raise or surface the issue of whether the investigations had all been properly classified.

In light of this, is it fair to say Mr. Finn is categorising this as an oversight?