Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

So the commission is making an application for funding to the Department. I shall leave the matter there and we will make our own notes on same.

I have questions on the publication of the report. We received a response from the commissioner and she was anxious that the report on the public services card was published. I know that there was a freedom of information response, from the Department, that said if the report was published it would "have a serious, adverse effect on the ability of the Government to manage the national economy and the financial interests of the State". Did the Department indicate to Ms Dixon, in any of her dialogue with the Department, that this issue would be of such a magnitude?