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

This relates to people's right not to self-incriminate. It has always been the case that issues raised at a tribunal of inquiry can subsequently be subject to criminal investigation, although the evidence must be otherwise established. As I stated, we have seen previously that if there is evidence, criminal proceedings can be taken at the same time as a commission and those proceedings have precedence over the work of the commission.

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