Mr. Niall Cody:

My predecessor was here in December about Ansbacher. Afterwards we asked the authorised officer to meet us because he felt constrained by the fact that he was in discussions with the committee. In February, when it became apparent to us that the committee was not going to be able to deal with it, we asked him again to meet our principal officer leading the investigation but he declined. I do not want to give the wrong impression of him. He said that, as far as he was concerned, he was still engaged with the committee and that, when he was finished, he would meet us. Arising out of this meeting, we will ask him again to meet us.