Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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I understand that he did not. He was aware in February, March and April 2016 of issues in relation to the whole thing, specifically in relation to these elevated issues in July 2017. Mr. Breslin said the SIMT was put in place to investigate what was going on. "Investigate" might not be the right word, but that is the word I am using. The guy who was doing it was actually privy to a lot of the information. He is part of the investigation. What I come back to here is the following. One has all of these people, a number of whom will actually be supplying information to the Scally inquiry. Does Mr. Connaghan not think they will cover their backsides? Not all of them, but some of these people remain in position while co-operating. Does Mr. Connaghan not think the process will be tarnished? Can he not see the obvious here? Can he not see what Vicky Phelan and Stephen Teap said yesterday?