Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The commissioners came before us last July in respect of their concerns about co-operation with GSOC investigations by senior management of the Garda Síochána. Protocols have been in place since. I am particularly interested in the public interest investigation conducted by GSOC. Am I correct that it is a public interest investigation, without naming individuals, into reports that a convicted international drug trafficker had faced a number of charges in October 2005 in connection with the seizure of €1.7 million worth of cocaine and heroin at a location I will not mention? A number of years later the charges were dropped without explanation. I want to confirm that the public interest investigation concerned that matter.