Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

If the Deputy is interested, as he claims, in having a functioning Garda Síochána which protects the security and the people of the State and which is, importantly, overseen by an ombudsman commission that can carry out its job, the Government has just commissioned such an independent inquiry to be carried out. If the Deputy wishes to rubbish the establishment of an independent inquiry, as he is suggesting, under one of the most respected retired judges in the State, that is up to Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil. I believe they are wrong. The important issue for the State and for both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin ought to be that we have a Garda Síochána which functions with the full support and confidence of the public. The gardaí are the people who put their lives in danger every day for our citizens-----

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