Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

My questions are to the Taoiseach. The issue of public concern is not so much who said what when, but rather the Taoiseach's failure to do the right thing by the whistleblowers. Their complaints go back to November 2012. On seven occasions since then they have been vindicated in official reports.

Therefore my questions to the Taoiseach are as follows. In light of the vindication of the whistleblowers and the clear evidence of corruption within the gardaí, why did it take a conflict in Cabinet to force his hand to agree to a public inquiry? When was the Taoiseach first made aware of the scurrilous rumours about Sergeant McCabe, and by whom? When did the Taoiseach decide to include these in the commission of inquiry? Finally, when did he become aware of the content of the meeting between Deputy McGuinness and the then Commissioner, Martin Callinan?

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