Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Cui bono, who benefits from the suppression of that information? The suppression of the information would not have come out but for the fact that Katie Hannon exposed it. We would not know and Mr. Justice Charleton would not have received it. That begs the question: even if we get commitments now that all the relevant documents are handed over, how do we know, despite all the hubbub, that they will be handed over?

What the Sinn Féin Deputies suggest in their terms of reference is stated in the existing terms of reference and the interpretation that Mr. Justice Charleton has given of them. Sinn Féin's additional terms of reference refer to the Department of Justice and Equality and its officials. I would extend that to all Departments, Ministers and any other Government body that might have known. I chatted to the Taoiseach yesterday about all of this. He said, as was said in the House today, that he believed Deputy Frances Fitzgerald would not have set out to try to destroy a whistleblower. I do not know whether that is true. She appears to be a decent individual but the question is-----

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