Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Garda ombudsman's report essentially states the investigation has not concluded and gives several reasons as to why that is the case. The media report I am referring to was inThe Sunday Timeson Sunday, 9 May. The article is by Mr. John Mooney. The opening paragraph states: "A garda ombudsman inquiry into the misappropriation of EU funds provided to gardai for training courses has discovered money was routinely harvested from grants and used to pay for meals and entertainment." It then states some source has indicated that a prosecution is unlikely in this instance. I will circulate the article to the secretariat. I propose that we write again to the ombudsman asking for a further update following on from its March correspondence and that we write to the Garda again asking whether there is further information with regard to these investigations.