Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The windows are being opened and the light is being let in. There was an investigation into the allegations and a report has been published. This report is being referred to the Oireachtas committee. The Oireachtas committee is free to invite in the two Garda officers concerned to hear them directly. It is free to invite in whatever senior Garda personnel they wish to respond and explain what is happening. The Minister for Justice and Equality has referred to the Garda Inspectorate the principles I read out on the new enhanced procedures for the operation of the fixed penalty points system so it will oversee the implementation of these new procedures and report back. In addition and as I stated, the Comptroller and Auditor General is conducting an audit into this.

The place for these issues to be examined is the Oireachtas committee, comprising elected representatives of the people whom the Garda serves very well and to whom ultimately all public services are accountable. This is where the windows will be opened and the light let in when these issues are discussed. As far as the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Government are concerned, the report has been published and put to the Oireachtas committee which is now free to take it forward for whatever further questioning and examination it considers appropriate and to do so in public where everybody can see it.

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