Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I do not know. I think it would be very useful to find out why did this did take the length of time it did. I know we have been told in the letter that five Garda officers with experience in the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the National Economic Crime Bureau were involved in this. They may have been involved in it but how much of their time went into it? As provided for under the special assistance provision under section 74 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, these officers were removed from the direction and control of the Garda leadership for a protracted period of time. Some of these things do not make sense. If they were removed from that, because it is special assistance, are they only removed for a specific period of time? Is it for six years? There are issues about this that I am really unhappy with.