Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised)
11:10 am
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The Chairman knows the case. I had a very long and fruitful meeting with the O'Farrell family. I understand very well the exceptional family pressure to have the matter resolved. We have been in contact about the work that has been going on for quite some time in respect of the GSOC claim and assessment. It has not moved a lot from the time I met with the O'Farrell family. However, I sought an update recently to see whether the evidence submitted warrants moving this on. Some new evidence has been sent in on a number of occasions since then. Without presuming to know this, GSOC is probably looking at that as well. I would like a conclusion to this because it has gone on for quite a long time. I gave my assurance to the parents that I would see to it that this matter was brought to a head. Hopefully-----
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