Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome our guests. A total of 12% of cases were successful, while 88% were unsuccessful. On what basis were the 12% successful? Was there a general theme or was there a variety of reasons? What was the most common reason for the unsuccessful cases being unsuccessful? There have been suggestions that public servants do not wish to take decisions, refuse to take decisions or delay taking decisions on the basis that the decision may be misconstrued and they could become the subject of the investigation. Our guests might comment on that.