Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Does Ms Feehily think the way she treated the two witnesses who appeared before this committee was appropriate?

I ask Ms Feehily that specifically allowing for her initial or non-contact with them and the fact that subsequent to that there was contact with them. Even allowing for what Ms Feehily said was a policy, she seems to have adjusted that half way through because she seems to have engaged with them by indicating she accepted their letters and kept them confidential at a later stage, etc. However, from their evidence to us, Ms Feehily ignored their initial contacts. There was no response. Does Ms Feehily consider that was an appropriate way to act as a policing authority, having been contacted by people who were trying to supply very relevant and pertinent information? In her statement, she said she felt she had the knowledge and a range of sources outside them, of which they would be unaware. Does that excuse the way in which she engaged with those two people, or is it that she had a blanket policy that she would not engage with people coming to her?