Mr. Tony O'Brien:

No it is not. I know the term "stonewalling" has a certain cachet. I am not stonewalling the committee. I am prepared to answer any question I can that does not involve me effectively publishing the two reports that An Garda Síochána has asked me not to. I want to be very clear that this is the only reason they were not published. The reports were accepted when they were submitted; the Conal Devine report in 2012 and the Resilience report in March 2015. The recommendations are being pursued and the intention of the commissioning of the Conal Devine Report - which preceded my own time - and it is written in to the terms of reference, was that it would be for publication. It has been prepared carefully so it can be published but it cannot be published in the face of a Garda objection to its publication.