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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That will do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does the Secretary General believe the prepared statement he read into the record today defending the Department's role with regard to the criticism in the Guerin report which led to the resignation of the Minister for Justice and Equality is consistent with his assertion that he does not want to prejudice the Fennelly commission by commenting on any of the issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is very clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will rephrase the question. Does Mr. Purcell believe the detailed written statement which he prepared for today - his detailed rebuttal of the findings of the Guerin report which led to the resignation of a Minister for Justice and Equality - in defence of the Department's role in advance of a commission of investigation is consistent with his other arguments that he cannot comment on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Mr. Purcell had a prepared statement-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Mr. Purcell consider the fact that a Garda Commissioner and a Minister for Justice and Equality have resigned within a few months of each other to be extraordinary and of public interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Mr. Purcell think his role as Secretary General of the Department in the middle of all of the circumstances which led to these two resignations is of public interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Mr. Purcell think his knowledge of all the facts which led to the resignation of the Garda Commissioners is of public interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Mr. Purcell think his role in all of the circumstances in this report which led to the resignation of the Minister for Justice and Equality is of public interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Mr. Purcell think his performance today is in the public interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With reference to the Guerin report, the assistant secretary, Michael Flahive-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is no charge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The assistant secretary is referenced in the report a number of times. Does Mr. Purcell think it would have been useful if he were here today to answer questions also?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In the Guerin report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Would it have been useful if he were here with Mr. Purcell?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When the person is appointed to oversee the commission of investigation to examine the Guerin report, does Mr. Purcell think he will have prejudiced the findings by his deliberations today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will rephrase the question. Does Mr. Purcell think his prepared statement, which he prepared in advance of questions, will have prejudiced the potential findings of the commission of investigation? This is his line of argument.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I do not think Mr. Purcell regards our work as important at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, I am not finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: According to the Guerin report, the first correspondence came from the Department of Justice and Equality on 11 May 2009, then led by the former Minister, Dermot Ahern. What was Mr. Purcell's role in the Department at that stage?