Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not mentioning any names. I considered it carefully and passed it directly to the Taoiseach because he seemed to be the man taking charge of these issues. He bypassed the Department of Justice and Equality as far back as then, even though he only did it formally last week. I received an acknowledgement. The family wanted to make a complaint about the death of the family member in Garda custody to GSOC at that stage, but they were told by the gardaí that if they did so, the coroner would not be able to proceed with the inquest while an investigation was being carried under section 91 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. The people then refrained from lodging a complaint with GSOC. They told me that after the inquest took place, they were out of time in respect of lodging a complaint about the incident because the time for lodging a complaint had then passed. Could the Minister tell me or send me a note - or ask the Department of Justice and Equality to send me a note - explaining whether the lodging of a complaint with GSOC prevents the coroner from holding an inquest? This case came to my desk and is directly relevant to the sections in question.