Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The problem is that saying it is one thing, but doing it is another. Mr. Finn mentioned 1 million breath tests but I would say the 60 to 80 homicides each year are not on the same level as 1 million breath tests so those cases should be capable of being classified and analysed appropriately. What strikes me as odd, and I will raise some points on the internal review, is that while the spotlight was on, in terms of the inaccuracy and problems of classification of data around other issues, this was also going on. In his opening remark, Mr. Finn said that he had asked the Garda analysis service to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the homicides. We know the Policing Authority was not satisfied that this is what the Garda Síochána did because it said the internal review was not sufficiently robust. We know that what the Garda analysis unit did was to compare the pathology reports with the PULSE files, but it was not given access to the case files. How in God's name could that be called a comprehensive analysis if the people who were asked to analyse the data did not get access to the data?