Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Damage has been done to the Garda Síochána, to accountability and to whistleblowing within that organisation. The chief author of the damage is none other than the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter. The mystery is that the Taoiseach stands by him regardless, as do all members of Fine Gael and Labour. This causes much public bewilderment. The same Minister is now charged with drawing up the terms of reference for the review into what happened in GSOC, the bugging of the offices of those that police the police. Yesterday evening, the Minister came to the House to tell us there is no evidence of any surveillance on those offices. It harks back to his initial Dáil statement when he sought to bury the story yet the Taoiseach entrusts him to draw up the terms of reference for this half baked review. Who is the Taoiseach trying to fool? It is so far wide of the mark and so clearly deficient as to be laughable. It would be comedy if the issues at hand were not so serious. Deputy Shatter has relieved his friend and former political contributor, Mr. Connolly, of his duties. Very interesting.

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