In respect of the O'Neill report, whose terms of reference we are about to debate, my understanding is that the only document that has been circulated to Members contains five paragraphs, the recommendations and the original terms of reference and recommended terms of reference. Is it proposed at any stage to circulate a more comprehensive document? That would be of advantage to us before debating the terms of reference of the tribunal.

Over the past few weeks I took serious legal advice and spent a lot of time examining what precisely could be published. The legal advice is that what has been circulated, that is, the conclusions, terms of reference and the recommendations, are the part of the report that I can circulate. This is to do with protected disclosures, it is legislation Deputy Howlin brought in, the key element of which is confidentiality.