John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will follow on from what Deputy Costello has said. I am aware of a case that has been raised in this House. I am not going to mention it, although there has been plenty of public comment on same. A young man was killed and the family of that young man wrote to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions asking for explanations. The complaint was not just that the family were unsatisfied, but that they did not get the reasons behind the various actions in the particular case. What the deputy director has told us now is that the Director of Public Prosecutions responds and gives reasons and that it has done so in fatal cases since 2008.