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

I asked whether the Taoiseach asked Deputy Shatter to resign regarding chapters 19 and 20 of the report, because that is the only reason one can deduce by reading the report his failure to exercise a specific statutory function he had. The local and European elections should have nothing to do with it, although the Minister alluded to them in his letter. Is it the Taoiseach's view that the former Minister failed to exercise appropriately the statutory functions he had to establish an independent inquiry? Does the Taoiseach accept Mr. Guerin's conclusions in that regard? I am entitled to an answer.

Over the weekend, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, said the Department of Justice and Equality was not fit for purpose. The new Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, did not express confidence in the Department or in the Secretary General, which left many questions unanswered and many people asking questions.

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