Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The following week, I raised issues that arose with that response. I said I felt we needed a substantial hearing with them to cover a lot of issues, including the surveillance issue. The Chairman will recall one particular answer they gave. They confirmed that private companies were procured for surveillance, but they were not in a position to state whether they were surveilling staff. I felt that was an unreasonable response given that there is documentation in circulation that seems to prove, or certainly to strongly suggest, that such surveillance was taking place. The answers to do with the mess committees, tuck shops, cash, money and a load of things certainly require more work. I would certainly like to have them in.