Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

First, the office is not required to consider an issue closed in such circumstances, because if issues have arisen on which the office feels it should follow up, the capacity is there for it to do that. My reading of the legislation is that in the absence of a resolution being agreed between the parties, the issue is not closed. It is clear that is what the legislation says.