Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

With regard to the report, the Garda quickly produced an interim report. That interim report was referred immediately to the Garda Ombudsman Commission. A final report by the Garda Síochána is due and it will, ultimately, be fed into the Garda Ombudsman Commission. On the issue of a nolle prosequi, it is not for me to say whether that should have been put into the District Court at that time. That is not an issue for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, but an issue for the independent DPP, as the Deputy well knows.

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