Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

After the collapse of the FitzPatrick trial, a major look-back was undertaken by the DPP and ODCE to discuss and learn from issues that arose during the investigation and prosecution.

What lessons did Mr. Drennan learn from this look-back? Did it feed into the heads of the Bill we are now scrutinising?

Mr. Drennan said in his opening statement, "the risks associated with taking on a suite of investigations of this scale were not sufficiently appreciated at the time". It is now 2019 and I acknowledge the ODCE has extra staff and access to further staff through the Garda. I appreciate that Mr. Drennan came into his position in 2012. If the ODCE had to face a trial of that size now, does he believe the office would be fully equipped to do so with its current complement of staff and the availability to it of further staff through An Garda Síochána?