Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Sergeant McCabe was refused access to the PULSE system. In the light of the information given today and the Minister’s apology, should he have access to the system again? The Taoiseach has said he sent the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality to meet the Garda Commissioner. I presume it was because he was concerned by what he had heard about the recordings in the Attorney General’s report. Why did the Attorney General brief the Taoiseach and not the Minister who was the line manager in this matter?

Will the Minister outline the possible impact the practice of recording telephone calls in Garda stations may have on pending court cases? Is he concerned about the impact these various controversies are having on rank and file gardaí?

The Minister has claimed he does not know who is sitting on the working group established by the former Garda Commissioner in November 2013. Will he give us the information on who is sitting on it? What is its remit? Does he not think it was strange that the Attorney General did not inform the Department of Justice and Equality or him that a working group was being established by the Commissioner to investigate the recordings?

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