Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I would like to tease this out a little bit. We had two very stark examples in the recent past of reports being produced on poor practice, let us say. The reports, namely, the Grace report and Brandon report, have not been published. People are still waiting for those. We were told both of those reports could not be published because they were being referred on to the Garda. They were referred and then the recommendation was that no action would be taken. I think in one case, the recommendation was from the Director of Public Prosecutions.

What would change that in terms of what the Minister is proposing in these amendments? Does he see grounds for not publishing a report in any circumstances where there have been adverse incidents or particular scandals? We are trying to get our hands on those reports and it is very hard to understand why neither of those have been published to date. What is the Minister's view on that? Will these amendments allow for those reports to be published?