Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

For that reason, the Government instructed the Chief Whip this morning that, after the Order of Business concludes, the Minister for Justice and Equality will make a statement to the House, with opportunities for Members to respond to that. I note GSOC will attend in public session at the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions tomorrow. It is important that there be clarity - clarity leading to confidence - about the institution of GSOC. I hope that when GSOC attends there tomorrow, it will be in a position to provide that clarity. It is very necessary for the people that this happens.

The Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions was set up when this Government came into office. It has an opportunity tomorrow, in engaging with GSOC directly, to have that confidence and that clarity provided in order that our people are fully satisfied of the integrity of the office, and that GSOC expresses itself fully satisfied in that regard. From a Government perspective, that is fundamentally important. If GSOC itself requires any facility to enable it to come to that conclusion, the Government will provide that.

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