Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and that he could have decided otherwise, and also that it found that I had no intention of putting pressure on the former Commissioner to retire.

The main report of the Fennelly commission will deal with a wide range of important matters of significant public concern. These include the operation of telephone recording systems to record calls to and from large numbers of Garda stations over many years, the specific implications of the taping related to the Garda investigation into the death of Ms Sophie Toscan du Plantier in County Cork in December 1996 and related matters, and how these matters were dealt with by the responsible authorities. The very detailed terms of reference approved by the House last year addressed such concerns as which Garda stations were involved, how the taping systems were operated, what use, if any, was made of the information obtained by the Garda or the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, whether any of it was destroyed and whether the taping was lawful. I look forward to Justice Fennelly's main report, which will deal with all these very serious issues. I will publish the report when it is received, in accordance with the law.

The motion of confidence also gives the House the opportunity to debate the merits of those who will put themselves before the electorate in early 2016.

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