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

It was certainly out there as an innuendo about the approach that we were taking. The Deputy asked if I held the Garda Commissioner accountable on whistleblowing. I absolutely did, all of the time. The strategy is still under investigation by the Charleton tribunal, as the Deputy is aware. The issue of what precisely the strategy was is being examined by the tribunal right now. The email said that a serious criminal complaint had been raised. It was not a description of an overall strategy. I did hold the Garda Commissioner accountable on the issue of whistleblowers and how they were being dealt with.

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