Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Obviously, Members commend the most recent case in the past week, in which some superb policing took place. However, it has not always been of that standard. My concern is that some families are highly resourceful and have the capacity, perhaps with professional assistance, to summarise coherently what are the issues for them. However, other families may not have that type of resource available to them and perhaps the documentation does not do them justice. Members raised this matter two months ago and thought it would be dealt with within a month. I urge that these matters be brought to a conclusion.

Another concern expressed was that people would not receive feedback unless the entire grouping of allegations was dealt with in its entirety. In other words, were someone to make a new allegation, it would be necessary to investigate it before the original group of complainants would receive their feedback. I urge that the process of giving people their outcomes begin as soon as possible. Finally, has the panel been looking at the original Garda files?

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