Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail)

I want to ask the Deputy Leader about the U-turn by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, on the Smithwick tribunal. Approximately a year go he put a gun to Mr. Justice Smithwick's head demanding that he complete his work quickly and claimed he was tardy and delayed providing a report on a delicate inquiry. It now appears that the Minister has made a second U-turn by further extending the time. What changed the Minister's mind in the past year?