Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Perhaps the Taoiseach will give the same interest to this question as it is a follow-on. He indicated 19 recommendations for changes. Are they in existing procedures that have applied heretofore or are they new procedures and ideas to avoid a repetition of the deficit of information flow to both the Attorney General and to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform? In this instance, when does the Taoiseach expect that all these recommendations will be in place and can he assure the House that the deficit of information will not be repeated?

Regarding what has happened heretofore, do I understand from the response the Taoiseach has given that it was not a case of a procedure not being in place but a failure to carry through on that, given that both the Attorney General's office and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions were represented in the Supreme Court case and therefore the information was in both critical offices. Is it the case that we are looking at an uncharacteristic glitch regarding this particular case or is it that the deficit of information flow would have presented itself in any and all cases presenting to the Supreme Court in the way that it showed in this instance?

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