Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am very disappointed to hear that. When it came up at that meeting with Professor O'Mahony that they had not been in contact, I thought they would have realised that they should be in contact and that they would get in contact in the interim. I cannot speak for anybody else, but I am delighted to get his response back and to have him here today to put it on the record. I believe that much of the work Professor O'Mahony did in 2020 is the framework for us. In my view, it makes our work very easy, even though I know it is difficult. I am not trying to dismiss the difficulties or any potential issues with it, but we have a really good framework and I hope that it is what we will be using in our report. I will certainly be advocating for that.

Again, I thank Professor O'Mahony for all his work.