John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

With all due respect, I think it is critically important that we establish what is being done to determine how this information came into the public area. It has been cited that Mr. Fraser has headed up an investigation into the leaking of confidential information from Cabinet. Therefore, it is most important that as we have Mr. Fraser here, we take the opportunity to ask him about what I think is a very serious matter of the leaking of confidential material. It has been cited that Mr. Fraser has been tasked to head up an investigation into the leaking of confidential Cabinet material into the public arena.

I am asking specific questions. He has headed up investigations in the past. He has been tasked with heading up the investigation into the leaking of private information around the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. I am asking him about the methodology around that and whether he has been tasked with heading up an investigation into the continuation of the leaking of confidential documentation from Cabinet around the appointment of Dr. Zappone. I am looking for a simple "Yes" or "No" answer to the question of whether he has been asked to head up an investigation into the leaking of that confidential material.