David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Let us read from what she stated because the Department's responses to my questions are defensive, which is fine but it shows that it was the same sort of approach to that taken to the Data Protection Commissioner, and to that in a number of other areas where the Department deals with individuals and organisations, which I will address in a moment. Ms Dixon stated she had indicated in her first response that she was prepared to meet. She stated she had responded to a letter from Ms McCrum on 22 August, and indicated in the affirmative that the DPC was willing to meet and that a meeting could be useful once the Department had tabled the implementation plan, which she was entitled to do. She indicated she would meet but that there would need to be an implementation plan, which she stated she had directed in the letter of 15 August. She continued:

In fact, Deputy Cullinane will see from the correspondence on 22 August that I was open to meeting once that implementation plan was tabled. I did not hear anything further about a meeting until correspondence from [Mr. McKeon] on 3 September.