Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, and their costs. I would appreciate if the Taoiseach could send on a written note to me in that regard. During our last discussion on this issue, the Taoiseach said he was looking into the idea of a permanent unit to have responsibility for inquiries. We need to do some reflection - away from the issue of today - as to a template around the whole area of inquiries and how they are conducted. It is not easy but I know there were proposals in the past. In other jurisdictions there are specific departments to focus on this area. Equally with regard to performance within organisations, all of these matters arise because they give rise to issues that have not been dealt with internally by organisations or by various other organisations that are meant to cover this. For example, it is extraordinary the degree to which the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission does not seem to have the capacity - and nor do people have any confidence in it - as one agency that is supposed to deal with all the issues that arise from An Garda Síochána. In the area of health, for example with the Grace case, we are dealing with the lack of any internal dynamic that should kick in when something wrong takes place. The same has happened with the Tusla file in respect of Maurice McCabe. I read that file and the casualness with which it was dealt with internally by the organisation is quite shocking and striking. All of this is leading to-----

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