Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach claims every request was honoured yet in November 2015 the then Minister, Deputy Bruton, turned down requests and said the ODCE, other offices, and their respective management "have had to reconfigure their organisations and adapt to a constrained-resources environment in continuing to deliver their mandates" because of the moratorium. That is a complete, sharp contradiction of what the Taoiseach has just asserted. The fact is there is one law for the elites. This is deliberate and very conscious. There is another law for everyone else. That is endorsed by the successive policies and the historical attitude of the two larger parties here. The fact there is no appropriate and robust legislation dealing with these issues is another example of the way the State turns the other way. The Taoiseach has also acknowledged this principal law enforcement regulatory agency has not conducted its business properly. For example, the chief investigator has no previous experience. He has admitted in evidence he made many fundamental errors, including the destruction of documents. Who appointed him as chief investigator given his lack of experience? To whom was he accountable? Why were gardaí not involved in the taking of statements from the two key witnesses? It goes on and on. The Taoiseach is responsible.

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