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

That simply is not good enough. The Taoiseach is hiding behind the Committee of Public Accounts. No official investigation is going on within the Committee of Public Accounts. It is looking at this issue; there is no official investigation. It does not prevent the Taoiseach from acting and doing what he should be doing if he takes his political responsibility seriously. Rather than going off on a tangent, the Taoiseach might respond to the very fundamental issues that I have raised about political responsibility on the Taoiseach's part and on the part of the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality.

We cannot wait for the results of yet another investigation, another review or another commission of inquiry while the Garda force continues to implode before our very eyes. It is clear the upper echelons of the gardaí are too embedded in the current unhealthy and unaccountable culture to do their job properly. The only way we will address the core failings of the gardaí is to appoint a new team. We cannot continue with the regime where it seems the objective is to obfuscate and defend the indefensible, while discipline in the gardaí is neglected, where morale continues to fall and where public confidence in the rule of law is at an all time low. We must have action from either the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality. They need to do what needs to be done and to stop obfuscating.

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