Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are talking about the equivalent of the Neary case in the health sector. It was the whistleblower who sorted out that issue and revealed all. This is how Garda whistleblowers are being treated by the system, yet the Minister stands over it. He has stood over it the whole way through. That is the problem.

When Mr. McCabe sent the Taoiseach a dossier, he wrote to his office saying he had not been interviewed by Assistant Garda Commissioner O'Mahony, even though he had made all of the allegations. The Taoiseach wrote to the Department of Justice and Equality and the Minister for Justice and Equality told him that whether Mr. McCabe would be interviewed was an operational matter for the head of the inquiry team.

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