Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am astounded by the Tánaiste's answer. It does not hold sway. The Tánaiste is the person to whom the Garda Commissioner is answerable. I did not ask the Tánaiste to publish or disclose the information that is in her possession and charge. I asked the Tánaiste if she had read it.

The Tánaiste seems to think it is sufficiently important to commission a section 102 investigation with GSOC into these matters which, the Tánaiste told us earlier, was critically important. What will GSOC find out or what will it look for? Was evidence given to the commission from two officers saying that at a meeting in Mullingar Sergeant Maurice McCabe gave evidence to indicate that his motivation was malicious? If they did say this, why was that not acted upon?

How will GSOC get access to that information if the Minister, as the person to whom the documentation is lawfully lodged, cannot get access to it? It is not really a major investigation and either they did or they did not. The Minister is on record as saying we cannot pass comment because we have only seen part of the story. There is an onus on the Minister, as the person responsible for the Garda Commissioner, to see the full story. She does not have to make it public. If she cannot see that, to be honest we have a much bigger problem with the justice portfolio than I thought.

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