Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

In that case, I would feel at the very least that I would have to be in a position to explain to the governor that this is coming down the tracks and that I would publish the report because it is in the public interest for it to be known. The governor would have the opportunity to tell his or her side of the story before I am asked to comment in public. This is reasonable and otherwise we could just say that the inspector can press a button and put it up on the Internet.

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