Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

This involves errors in 146,000 fixed charge notices, 15,000 wrongful convictions, a million fake breath tests, allegations of falsification of checkpoint figures, allegations of falsification of speeding figures and, most concerning, the claim last Sunday by Jim Cusack that the Garda Síochána Inspectorate found that An Garda Síochána has been covering up and lying about serious crime, including rape. Does the Tánaiste now accept that we cannot believe anything An Garda Síochána tells us about any data or statistics? Does the Tánaiste accept there is a serious cultural problem in the higher echelons of Garda management? Does the Tánaiste accept that the only way to break and change that culture is for those responsible and engaged in wrongdoing to be removed from their positions? Does the Tánaiste accept that it is the job of the Commissioner as the person responsible for discipline to take that action at an early stage? Does the Tánaiste accept that if the Commissioner is not prepared to do that and if she is not up to the job of enforcing discipline within An Garda Síochána, she should go?

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