Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am asking whether the acting Commissioner can assure the committee and the public that there is no hint that the classification of a domestic homicide as a less serious crime was motivated by a desire to cover tracks because of missed opportunities where earlier signs of domestic abuse were not spotted. Was a final domestic homicide not classified as such to cover up for that? Can the acting Commissioner assure us that did not take place? I am mindful of a case in my area, the very tragic murder of one of my constituents which was very much in the public domain. Ms Baiba Saulite, who was murdered, was the mother of two young children and the life of a solicitor in the area was put in peril. The gardaí who originally investigated the abduction of that woman's children have subsequently and to this day maintained that the improper investigation of the abduction of the children and earlier incidents which were not heeded by senior management resulted in the unnecessary death of that woman later on. That is the angle I am coming from in this line of questioning.