Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

Given Ms Justice Laffoy's criticisms of the co-operation she received from the Department of Education and Science, have the Minister and his Department learned any lessons from it, especially when there are other ongoing investigations with Oireachtas committees? The criticism of the quality of information is a valid one. I have seen pages of barely altered e-mails that have been submitted to Oireachtas committees. If the quality of information is in doubt, will the Minister inform us if the Department is resolved to provide better information in a quicker timeframe and prepared to truly co-operate with Mr. Justice Ryan after Ms Justice Laffoy's resignation? I also hope that the same will apply to any other ongoing investigations of other Oireachtas committees. The Minister seems to be saying that what will bring a resolution to this issue is if 500,000 pages of information are provided, regardless of the type of information and how the commission is able to deal with it.

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