Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This aspect has been a major bone of contention. Victim's families do not know why the Director of Public Prosecutions has refused to prosecute. Obviously it might seem there are very good legal reasons from the point of view of the Director of Public Prosecutions, but they are very poor reasons from the point of view of human suffering. Now there is a European directive on the provision of reasons. If it had not arrived then we probably never would have starting giving reasons to families of victims as to why the Director of Public Prosecutions declined to prosecute in particular cases. Is the Garda in question given the job? Does the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions not take any responsibility for informing the victims of families when the Director of Public Prosecutions does not prosecute? In situations in which the Director of Public Prosecutions does not prosecute, will it be proactive in contacting a victim's family?