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

I appreciate the importance of the issue Deputy Micheál Martin raises. There is always ongoing contact between An Garda Síochána and Tusla. There is a very close interaction in relation to child sexual abuse. In this case, the counsellor, as I understand it from that file, which I just got yesterday, was the person dealing with the issue to begin with. The Deputy asking questions on that and thinking we can get answers at this point is not, I think, possible and I will tell him why. It is so much the essence of what is going to be examined in the tribunal of inquiry. We will have to be clear and follow scrupulously fair procedures for everyone. I acknowledge that there are questions there about who was involved and when and what the interaction was between members of An Garda Síochána, the counselling service and Tusla.

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