Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I cannot tell the Deputy because all the operational elements of the commission are a matter for the commission. Neither me nor my predecessor could answer because all of those decisions on how the commission would operate were taken some years ago around the time of its establishment, I imagine. They would not have been shared with the Department or with my predecessor. That is the manner in which a commission of investigation operates. It is set up as an independent body and is given in its terms of reference the power to apply its own internal workings.