Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have some questions arising from Ms Galligan's statement. The 87 page report from November 2016 outlined four areas for concern, of which one stands out. As Ms Galligan put it in her statement there were "deaths that the cause of death deemed it suspicious and the Garda investigation would ascertain whether criminality was involved or not, yet these were recorded in a non-crime category or no category at all". Later in her statement, Ms Galligan referred to an email relating to her May 2017 report in which she wrote:

The deceased victims have not been given the respect and duty of investigation into their deaths that they deserve.

Later on, she wrote:

However, I cannot continue to identify incidents of homicide as we continue in 2017 that are not recorded correctly or not knowing whether there is an adequate investigation being carried out into that person’s death.

One of the biggest areas of concern is whether among all the potentially misclassified cases are a number of homicides that were not properly investigated. That would be the biggest concern for any member of the public listening to this today. In Ms Galligan's statement, that possibility is raised twice. Is there a possibility in Ms Galligan's mind that there are families who have lost a loved one who may have died through homicide, who may not be aware of that?