The report into the deaths of the Dunne family in Monageer was deemed so sensitive that just five people outside the Attorney General's office have been allowed to read its full recommendations and conclusions, the Sunday Tribune has learned.

This has prompted concerns that the full recommendations of the report, including those sections that were 'blacked out', may never be fully disseminated throughout the social services system as to do so could cause legal problems.

In a highly unusual move, half of the conclusions and seven of the 26 recommendations made by the inquiry were blacked out when its report was published by Minister for Children Barry Andrews last week.

However, when asked for a full list of those who have seen the complete report, a spokeswoman for Andrews revealed that just five people, other than the office of the Attorney General Paul Gallagher, had been given access to it.

They are Andrews, health minister Mary Harney, justice minister Dermot Ahern, garda commissioner Fachtna Murphy and HSE chief executive Brendan Drumm.

Fine Gael's health spokes­man Dr James Reilly said the revelation that just five people have had access to the report means there is "no intention to implement its recommendations".

"I don't know how you could draw any other conclusion. They don't want us to know what they are, and they are not going to let them filter down through the system.

Ciara Dunne's parents, PJ and Marion O'Brien, are understood to be preparing a statement which will be read out once the formal inquest into the deaths of Adrian (29), Ciara (24) and their two daughters Leanne (5) and Shania (3) begins next week.

Meanwhile, Donegal TD Jim McDaid, who has previously acted as a spokesman for the Dunne family in the past, told the Sunday Tribune he believes the evidence shows Adrian Dunne killed his wife rather than the couple engaged in a so-called 'suicide pact' as has been widely suggested.

Mc Daid said the report on Ciara Dunne's death showed she "was beaten, and suffered in advance of her death".

"From my experience of autopsies, and over 35 years of experience in medicine, I find it hard to believe that somebody who allegedly agreed to a pact would choose to be beaten unconscious as a method of implementing the so-called pact," he said.

Fr Bill Cosgrave, one of two priests who called to the Dunne house at the time of the tragedy, said that he would like to see as much of the report as possible published, but stressed that he was not aware of the law surrounding such matters.

"It would be nice to see the report published in a more full version, "he said. "I hope this is not going to happen again in any other area. Hopefully we'll learn something."