Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

On the question of discipline, there is a long established practice whereby gardaí engage in serious harassment of people who have been brave enough to raise questions and Terence Wheelock's family has suffered quite a period of intimidation and harassment when they mobilised on this.

There are quite a number of other cases. I could continue for another half-hour and more. There are Garda stations in Dublin which are known for the brutality they mete out to those who are arrested and they need to be looked at.

We have put much faith in the new Garda Inspectorate and Garda ombudsman commission. I hope those two bodies will produce results of which we can be proud but if they are anything like the Garda Complaints Board, we will be left wanting. We need to continuously review and ensure the Garda is accountable to this House.

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