Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Kelly. I have questions for Mr. Nugent. I welcome Assistant Commissioner McPartlin's and Chief Superintendent Sutton's assurances that the review team process now in train is both thorough and inclusive. That is an important affirmation. On behalf of the committee, I want to record as Chair that I welcome that assurance and thank the witnesses for it. I do not think it is disputable and record that it is my own view that this committee has played a useful role in helping to bring that about. It is important to see what the relationship can be. It does not always have to be adversarial or confrontational. It was never our intention, in facilitating other evidence to come before the committee, but we, across all political opinion, had a shared concern about the matter. I ask Mr. Nugent if he would agree that Ms West and Ms Galligan acted as they have from the highest motivation and in the public interest, and that their presentation before this committee was both courageous and praiseworthy. Would he agree with my view?