Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

It is very important to say this process, in fact, is not detailed and that either the Minister is being misinformed or she is not being kept updated on the issue. I do not mean this in a derogatory way, but it is absolutely not the case that people were asked for more information. There has been no communication with the people who gave information to the panel. Therefore, how could it have looked for more information? What we do know is that many people who volunteered new information were told by the panel and the Minister that this was not an investigative body, that it did not want to see new material and that its only job was to decide what to do, not to come up with an outcome. It is not an independent panel. The Minister did not advertise for people who would engage. It did not meet people. It is not the case that it was delayed because of the provision of new information.

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