Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

I would have expected the records of the authority to be clearer about decisions of that nature. The record is ambiguous. The authority's record keeping was not of the highest standards in the years preceding the period in which Ms Quinlivan and Mr. Crawley have been involved. I understand that it was an enormous task to compile material for the defence in the Donatex case and to comply with disclosure requirements. Ultimately, the evidence is available to the extent that it has been presented and it is up to the committee to reach its conclusions and, perhaps, make recommendations more generally. Such recommendations will not apply to the DDDA because it will no longer exist but the committee may use its report to outline what lessons should be learned and what pitfalls avoided.