Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If I may, I would like to make one or two further points. Justice O'Higgins acknowledged the co-operation he received from all persons. They were not adversarial hearings. They were inquisitorial. He made the point that every legal team that responded did so in that way. They were generally followed. He did not make any adverse findings as to any aberrations by counsel when they attended on behalf of any particular party.

I wish to note the Garda Commissioner's comments last night on those issues which have been in the public domain.

She repeated that she accepted fully the commission's findings and, of course, that includes accepting fully what the commission had to say about Sergeant Maurice McCabe.

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