Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I assure the Deputy there will be no political policing as long as I am in this job. Deputy Shatter would correctly criticise me if I were seen to interfere directly in this investigation. I and the Government share the outrage and fury at what has gone on. In our democratic society there is a system where, independent of Government and political influence, these cases are examined. That is happening and it is the way it should be.

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