Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

The three wise men – they are three public servants – have done a good deal of fine work. The purpose of those lists is often to frighten people so that when one is at Cabinet, one takes other severe decisions. It is better to hold on to something in particular because of the fear of meeting something worse. It is a list of things that will frighten and some of its contents will be realised. It is good that the report has been published. It means we cannot run around with FOI requests asking who said what and to whom. It is all in print and should be debated.