Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Now that I have a moment of silence I wish to welcome the terms of reference of the commission of investigation. I also welcome the fact that the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality's almost unanimous recommendation to the Government has been accepted and that the commission will investigate correspondence routes within the Department of Justice and Equality, particularly that taken by the letter sent by the former Garda Commissioner to the Department on 10 March last. I also welcome the fact that it will investigate the events leading up to former Commissioner Callinan's departure. It is apt that those two issues, which the joint committee specifically requested should be investigated, have been brought within the commission's remit.

Senator Darragh O'Brien stated that the commission of investigation will not be established for 12 months. If he examines the terms of reference he will discover-----