Mr. Philip Carroll:

It is fair for me to put the other side here and the answer to the Deputy's question is "Yes." We have brought many of these matters to the attention of the Garda. Some of the allegations have been withdrawn and other individuals have been prosecuted. As far as the SIU is concerned, the Deputy asked whether an internal investigation was conducted into a particular case.

The answer is "Yes", there was. I believe Deputy Penrose mentioned that the Department had not published the report of that investigation. The Minister has indicated in public that he is willing to publish that report. It has gone to the Information Commissioner for a determination because there is a third-party objection to the publication of that report. We are not unwilling to publish the report, but we cannot do so until there is a determination by the Information Commissioner.