David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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I thank Mr. Finn. That was all I needed to know. An Garda Síochána first became aware in late 2015. We are now into the summer of 2017 and the Commissioner, as Accounting Officer, is still not in a position to provide us with information on what happened. We have two interim reports that do not reveal much.

All they say is that certain areas need to be examined and information needs to be gathered and so on, but we have no concrete answers yet. We were hoping we would be able to discuss this today but we are not in a position to do so. I find it unacceptable that it is the case. We should have had that report for this meeting. Would the Commissioner forgive us for being cynical about that and for thinking there are potentially other motives for why that report was not completed? Surely it is the Commissioner's job to make sure appropriate resources are given to any examination of this nature. It is something that is very serious for her organisation. I would have imagined she would have made sure they have all the resources they need to do their work and to conclude it as quickly as possible.