Mr. Diarmuid O'Leary:

The first thing to say is that the Minister and the Department became aware of the case referred to by the Deputy, as part of a protected disclosure submission to the Minister. We have obligations under the Act to protect the identity of the discloser, and there are also rights given to people named in disclosures such as that, whether there are allegations against them or they are generally named. This is the first thing we must be careful about in the context of what is said in these instances.

The second point is that while the "RTÉ Investigates" report said there was no Garda investigation, in fact the information we have from Cavan County Council is that it was informed by An Garda Síochána that the file is not closed. It is not that there is no investigation, the open file remains open.