Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Does it not concern that Tánaiste that four men were in this country operating as undercover British police agents? It has now been admitted, with an apology from the Met, that all of them had intimate relationships with women. One of them, Mark Kennedy, started a relationship with Sarah Hampton, who has written to the Minister repeatedly without getting responses. The Minister does not seem to want the extension of the inquiry. There is logical inconsistency in saying "should anything emerge from the findings of the Pitchford inquiry". Nothing will emerge about Ireland unless Ireland is included in the inquiry. Why does the Minister not request the extension? British police officers were operating undercover in this State. We do not really know whether they had the permission of the Government, the Department of Justice and Equality or the Garda. They were operating here. I know one of them was arrested. I know Mark Kennedy was here on multiple occasions. He was operating as an undercover police officer. How is it-----

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