Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

While one cannot put a figure on the truth it is important that the Dáil, the House of the Oireachtas, is informed at intervals about what progress is being made in any tribunal. In respect of this tribunal, conducted from this jurisdiction and about alleged collusion between members of the police force, it is important that it is seen to retain its absolute independence, which it will. In respect of a timescale for its conclusion, it is important to note that occasionally there should be a progress report and it is the right of the House of the Oireachtas which set up the tribunal to hear it.

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