John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

She has received acknowledgements from the Department of Justice and Equality. It might be worth the Minister's while to refer to the UCD Sutherland School of Law, where two barristers have stated that in this context, they respectfully request that consideration be given to including the case of Shane O'Farrell in the files to be examined by Mr. Guerin. That letter was sent to the Taoiseach on 28 February. Consequently, it is clear there is a case to be answered in this regard. The point I was making in respect of Shane Farrell and his mother, Lucia O'Farrell, is that there are such questions on the investigation, how the case was handled and what happened afterwards from a number of different Government agencies that would inform the Minister as to the weaknesses in all this.

The other issue to which I referred and about which the Minister asked me to revert to him was that of the profiling of Travellers on the PULSE system. Because this is such a serious matter which infringes the human rights of individuals and families and is extensive, I asked that the Minister arrange for an investigation or even talk to Sergeant Maurice McCabe, who obviously is in possession of the material pertaining to this matter, and ask him what he considers to be the issue. The Minister should do so to inform himself in order that he knows what he is dealing with when he is speaking to the Garda or whoever will investigate this matter. Finally, I referred the Minister to the loss by a family of a daughter and a granddaughter and the fact that in the course of the investigation, GSOC has failed to date to get appointments with the investigating gardaí in a Cork Garda station. I find that to be absolutely incredible.

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