Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Is it possible for the Minister to establish for how long this investigation by the Garda is likely to continue? It has been ongoing for years. If it is to be trundled out as a reason we cannot progress a logical stepped investigation, we must ask what is causing the delay. Why is there such an absence of progress on the Garda's part in this regard? We need to know the facts. Is there a multiple of cases being brought? We do not know all the facts. It was regrettable that the referendum on Oireachtas inquires did not succeed, one that I supported and in which I campaigned with the Minister. It was an all-party supported proposition and it is regrettable that it was not adopted, but the people are sovereign.

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