Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach's answer is not good enough. These are genuine questions put in a very straightforward way. That he or the Minister for Justice and Equality has not spoken to the Garda Commissioner since these issues first came into the public realm is not the right way to do business, and he refuses to treat the Dáil with the respect it deserves by refusing to answer straightforward questions. The Taoiseach should remember that he did this in the long run into the events which led to the unprecedented resignations of the Garda Commissioner, the Garda confidential recipient, the former Minister for Justice and Equality and the Secretary General at the Department of Justice. The Taoiseach knows well that the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Mr. Alan Shatter, was embroiled in a series of scandals when the two Garda whistleblowers raised concerns about practices in the upper echelons of the Garda. Those Garda whistleblowers were smeared and bullied. Rational proposals from us and others here in the Dáil were ridiculed by the Ministers as well as the Taoiseach at the time.

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