Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Government respects the independence of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. It is important that is underpinned and reinforced. As for the issue of whether or not the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission should have reported to the Minister for Justice and Equality about the issues in respect of which its investigation was conducted, the commission has itself acknowledged that it should have reported that issue to the Minister for Justice and Equality before he read about in a Sunday newspaper.

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