Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

Regarding the Deputy's allegations about people being informers or gardaí being complicit in any wrongdoing, I strongly suggest that he leave the matter to the independent Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, which was rightly established and given powers by the House in the aftermath of the Morris tribunal, to determine whether there has been any wrongdoing. It should be done by an independent body not this House. We do not need to set up independent tribunals. Rather, the commission should be allowed to get on with its work. If it makes recommendations, the House and I will bear them in mind and pass whatever legislation or orders are necessary to ensure the like does not recur.

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