Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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There is the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, with which the Garda is at war at present. I had a bit of a problem, which slightly alarmed me. I sent to the Commissioner's office a request for an explanation of how much it costs to run his office, which we told him we were sending him. That was in an e-mail dated 21 February. I have yet to receive an acknowledgement, reply or any recognition that these questions, which I can give to the Commissioner again, were legitimate or should have been asked.

They were perfectly legitimate questions about the Commissioner's office, how much it cost to run and what sort of cars it had. They were the usual questions politicians ask of people in positions of privilege and power, like the Commissioner, and were totally ignored. Why did that happen?