Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Last week, the Government published a long-awaited report of the scoping exercise into the death of Shane O'Farrell. The Taoiseach will know that many aspects of that scoping report have been challenged by Shane O'Farrell's family. The crucial question that has not been answered is why the person who was solely responsible for Shane's death, a man by the name of Zigimantas Gridziuska, was in a position to crash into this young man, kill him and leave the scene when he clearly should have been in prison in light of his multiple breaches of multiple bail conditions set by multiple courts. The scoping exercise was established by the then Government in response to a call made in the Dáil for a public inquiry. Rather than delivering the public inquiry that was sought, the Government instead provided a scoping exercise that was not sought by anyone.

The least that the family of Shane O'Farrell and this House deserve is a debate in this House this week on the scoping exercise report. I appeal to the Taoiseach to ensure we are given that opportunity.

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