Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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The Chairman has made a proposition to get information from the CPP about the rights of the witness. A decision not to give this man a transcript of his evidence was taken in the absence of that clarification. My difficulty with the proposed course of action is that it still stands as a decision of the committee not to give Sergeant McCabe a transcript of his evidence, which was taken in private session for the reasons outlined. I am not happy with that. I accept that I was as láthair for the last meeting but unfortunately I could not avoid that. I want the decision revisited and I would be more than happy if the committee took the stance that it did not rule out giving the transcription to Sergeant McCabe. In other words, that reverses last week's decision. If there is a necessity for further clarification, we can provide it. I am not happy that the date of correspondence from this man's solicitor is 31 January 2014 and a fortnight later it remains the decided position that we are telling the sergeant to get lost and that he is not getting a copy of his evidence. I would be happier with the proposal of Deputy Shane Ross that we revisit the decision and that we have an opportunity to vote on it. I want to categorically record my position on this matter.