Statement issued on behalf of Ms Justice Laffoy.
The Chairperson of the Commission has notified the Government today that she has decided to resign the chairmanship of the Commission as soon as the Interim Report on the work of the Commission under its current mandate, announced in the statement of the Commission of 2nd September, 2003, is published. The reasons for the decision are outlined in her letter of 2nd September, 2003 to the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Science.