Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The Minister may believe it is appropriate, but it is in fact wholly inappropriate not to open a public inquiry, not just because there is an investigation into the behaviour of gardaí but because there is no investigation into the behaviour of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions which allowed a case as serious as this to slip into the District Court as a minor offence. The behaviour of the solicitors in the Office of the DPP must be investigated. It has nothing to do with GSOC. It is the direct responsibility of the Minister for Justice and Equality. She has oversight of the DPP and can order that public inquiry. She is refusing to do so knowing that until they get closure, the family is going through anguish and agony.

It is an extraordinarily serious case. The detail of it is immense as the Minister knows. There are flaws in many parts of the system, not just within the Garda. It goes right to the top to the Office of the DPP. If the Minister does not have oversight on that, it goes further to the top to the office of Minister for Justice and Equality. That is why I am calling on the Minister to establish a public inquiry. She is implicated and the DPP is implicated but she is not touching that office as she could.

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