Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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He seemed to have a very specific view that a criminal investigation into a breach of the Official Secrets Act should be carried out into a senior management member. It was only in this room that Mr. Barrett, the subject of that letter, became aware of its full contents after many attempts to source this letter, personally and through his solicitor. Ms O'Sullivan acted swiftly on the comments of the head of internal audit, Mr. Niall Kelly, as to his suspicions of fraudulent activity. He is more junior than the director of finance. When the director of finance wrote to Ms O'Sullivan and suggested that a criminal investigation be carried out into Mr. Barrett for a suspected breech of the Official Secrets Act, how is it that Ms O'Sullivan did not take similar action at that point, if that was her instinct as a lifelong detective?