Dáil debates
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion
3:45 pm
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
-----which is to amend paragraph [i] in the Minister's terms of reference. I do not see why we are restricting the investigation of records relating to telecommunications interactions between some of the key people - Superintendent Taylor, former Commissioner Callinan and Commissioner O'Sullivan - to the period finishing on 31 May 2014. It should run through to 31 May 2016. I have a concern where we state further on that the tribunal should "examine all electronic and paper files, relating to Sergeant Maurice McCabe held by An Garda Síochána and to consider any material therein [referred to]". We are relying on the Garda file when we should be resorting to some of the telecommunications files. I could be wrong. I could be misreading it. I only got it today so I am only just working through it. However, crucially, as I read it, paragraph [k] refers to investigating whether Commissioner O'Sullivan-----
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