Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The one thing I do not understand is that the world and his mother, and anybody who knows and has worked in an organisation where it comes to a point where formal complaints are made, whether in relation to an historical or current thing, knows organisations in some way have to prepare for that kind of stuff and that there is therefore stuff going around. I really do not understand why the witnesses cannot just make that much clear.

Prior to the point when complaints are crystallised, of course there is an element of discussion internally in organisations about information that may or may not be true that is coming to hand and has to be prepared for in some way. The witnesses know that we know that the FAI had those types of internal discussions going on. I do not see how it compromises any investigation to say that of course the FAI had wind of certain things that were being said and it had to prepare to deal with them. There is no shame in that. I cannot understand why the FAI does not make that clear. I put this question to Mr Courell.