Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have to learn the lessons from what has happened here. We have to be clear about the applicability of what happened here and whether that is more widespread. This was a hugely important case. Was it confined to this case? If so, how and why did this happen? What are the facts that surrounded the particular approach to the issues that I have outlined, that the judge spoke about and to which the Deputy is referring? We have to think very seriously about whether we have the appropriate structures in place and whether an agency such as the Deputy described is necessary. On the issue of the future of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland, it will be looking at the administrative arrangements of Garda resources.

The Deputy mentioned that criminals are using ever more sophisticated technology. There is a specialist unit in the Garda at the moment, but it is inevitable that it will be advanced further, given what we are seeing now in terms of international crime and encryption.

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