Ms Patricia Finlay:

Our role is to assess individuals’ risk to children. In this situation, we were liaising with the Garda in criminally investigating that. Since the publication of Dr. Shannon’s reports, further referrals have been received. We have notified, and do notify, the Garda of those additional referrals.

On the issue of an organisation, the Garda has a withholding of information Act in its powers. People are culpable. The Garda can investigate whether people withheld information from it. That is a power that the Garda has available to it.