Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

It is not just a matter of the man being terrorised. There is also a code of omerta among the people concerned. They will not supply information to the Garda Síochána. We are proceeding with other issues and intensifying the effort to put proper DNA and forensic analysis facilities in place in the force.

It is astonishing to be faced with a case in which a person will not co-operate having been shot in the back of the head by somebody known to the person concerned and the Garda indicates that the perpetrator merely has to be pointed out.

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