Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Sometimes we end up with inquiries where there has been inadequate investment in oversight. One pays for it one way or another. Sometimes you pay for it more heavily by virtue of reputational damage when something reaches fever pitch and an inquiry is required. Inquiries will always be required. There are recommendations in the most recent report but there are also recommendations in previous reports. Have they amalgamated all those recommendations? One of the suggestions made to this inquiry by the Taoiseach in relation to this was that the judge made the point that there should be a standing commission of inquiry, and he suggested it could be placed in the corporate enforcement agency. There are around 15 members of the Garda, which is an increase in recent years, so it is a fairly small complement. Obviously there are also other staff but there would have to be a commitment to give it the resources if something like that was going to happen.