Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Secretary General to the meeting and congratulate him on his new post.

I have a few questions. Deputy Shorthall touched upon the contents of his opening statement. I am intrigued at the choice of phraseology in point 2 of page three, where it is stated that: "There is no evidence...". Mr. Watt does not state that the Department "has not" or "is" or whatever - he states that: "There is no evidence that the Department of Health was secretly compiling dossiers..." He does not state that the Department was not compiling dossiers. Can he explain that? Was that wording used following legal advice? I am intrigued by it.