Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Can the Taoiseach confirm the timescale he hopes the senior counsel will be working to now? Is it still Christmas or what is the timescale? Also, will the Taoiseach commit to publishing the terms of reference? There has been considerable slippage on this issue and there is much public concern about it.

We know the tribunal made three discovery orders. One of them related to records of the O'Higgins commission of investigation held in the Department of Justice and Equality. We have since learned that two critical pages of that report went missing. Will the disappearance of those two pages be included in the terms of reference? Obviously that was a critical issue when it came to complying with the discovery orders. We also know that the Department made a number of voluntary disclosures. Will the Taoiseach confirm again that those accounts which should have been searched will now be searched, and will he confirm that the reason for not searching them will be included in the terms of reference?

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