Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

Will the Minister confirm this event involved members of the Garda Organised Crime Unit, a unit that is supposed to investigate gangland crime? Could he confirm the file was being prepared for furnishing to the Director of Public Prosecutions and that there is a public need to maintain confidentiality on such files? Will he clarify how, in any circumstances, any garda could have regarded it as appropriate to bring the file to a public shop to have pages photocopied by staff in that shop? Could the Minister finally agree that with the difficulties we have with gangland crime, and the extent of the collapse of law and order and the number of people shot on our streets, it is an extraordinary example of complete incompetence that this occurred? What is the Minister doing to ensure this is not repeated? Have the people involved been disciplined in any way?

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