John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In Mr. Watt's experience as Secretary General, or in the experience of any of the other witnesses, is there a point where, having gathered evidence in respect of an ongoing case, the evidence coming in was so compelling on the plaintiff's side that, as a result of the harvesting of information - I use the term "harvesting" loosely and not in the GDPR sense - the State decided it was time to put its hands up? Would there be circumstances where a case is so compelling, on the basis of the investigation entered into and the evidence sought from various agencies, that the State would have to concede?