Ms Moyagh Murdock:

I have included a chronology of the timeline from the moment my predecessor, Mr. Noel Brett, was notified of a potential issue. I have included that as part of the submission today. It began in October 2012 when he was advised that there was an issue. He took a call from Mr. Conor Faughnan of AA Roadwatch to advise him there was an issue. When our chairman received that information, he immediately informed a number of people, as set out in the chronology. I will not go through it line by line. In summary, he contacted GSOC and the Comptroller and Auditor General and he advised An Garda Síochána. He then met the whistleblower face to face. He reported to his board the exact nature of that meeting, and then he proceeded to submit the detailed report to the GSOC body. Following that, there were a number of letters to and from different agencies, including to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. It was just to advise him that this was in train. Following that, the involvement of the authority was very limited in that we had passed over the file to the relevant bodies. We awaited outcomes of investigations and reports. One investigation, the one with GSOC, is ongoing.

I have a detailed list. If anyone has any particular question, he may ask it. The list starts on 9 October 2012. The last communication would have been on 5 September. It was in and around that time that my predecessor departed from the Road Safety Authority to avail himself of a new opportunity.