Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I do not want to talk about any of the details or compromise any intelligence. However, I would like to know whether the Commissioner, as the man we all look to as overseer of our police force and its function to protect citizens, or any member of his force, has any involvement with that secret service account? Or is there another person or entity with the remit to make payments to people from the account, payments which do not come through the Commissioner?

I am trying to get at the point that the State voted and paid €515,000 into a Secret Service account last year. Was the Garda Síochána involved in, or did it know anything about, the payments that went through that account? I am not asking the Commissioner to account for it, but is he aware of it or is there somebody else able to pay people off the books? If so, who is it?