Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I accept that. I just want to respond to one point Deputy MacSharry raised. The KOSI audit happened because we insisted there should be a forensic audit of the organisation. Nobody wants it more than I do, because I had to ask the FAI president, Mr. Conway, three times to do it and each time he did not commit to it. However, now that audit has been done. The Minister said:

I have also consulted An Garda Síochána, which has advised me that the matters outlined in the KOSI report are central to its investigations and those of the ODCE. The Garda has further advised me that making the report public at this time could have serious implications for any criminal proceedings subsequently brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

That is a very clear position that we have on that. The committee has agreed. We have made sure that there is no questioning which would put that in peril. Notwithstanding the Deputy's suggestion that we should all have a copy of it, I think it is the last thing we should get before the Garda confirms it is finished with it, irrespective of what it does with it.