Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would be shocked by the tone of the communication that we received had we not dealt with Caranua before in the committee. There are a couple of oversights in the correspondence that I wanted to flag.

Ms Downes in her correspondence highlighted that she never contended that the committee did not have the permission of the two survivors to discuss their cases. We knew fine well, however, that at least one of the cases had emailed Caranua prior to the committee meeting giving permission for their case to be discussed.

The correspondence made reference to the committee not raising specific points of issue relating to that case. That case is in the public domain. Even when we flagged it previously with Caranua, after the meeting it contacted those individuals. It knew fine well who those individuals were. While it is good it corresponded with them, the survivors themselves had been at pains trying to engage with Caranua. Until it was raised at the committee, they had no satisfaction whatsoever.

There are still outstanding concerns. I have communicated to the committee secretariat. Caranua can expect to receive it shortly. I look forward to it receiving a response from Caranua.