Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Deputy Rabbitte wanted to ignore a judge in the last case and now he wants to ignore the Director of Public Prosecutions. I ask him to please listen. At that stage the Director of Public Prosecutions was considering the Carty report and its recommendations and prosecutions. A number of civil actions related to Donegal were well under way and a number of complaints were then with the Garda Complaints Board. In light of the growing controversy, in June 2001, the Minister, Deputy O'Donoghue, sought a preliminary opinion from the Attorney General about the options open to him to have the matter inquired into.

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