Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

I am making the point that the idea that I would receive a reply to a letter which would allow me to return to the House with an explanation is naive. In the first place, I have indicated to the Dáil previously that the former Minister for Justice, Mrs. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, commissioned a report into this matter during her term of office. The investigation was carried out by a senior departmental official.