Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Many of the recommendations of the Toland review have already been examined and are in the course of being implemented in the Department of Justice and Equality. In fact, there is a specific dedicated committee within the Department to oversee the implementation of the Toland report. However, having regard to the events of the past three weeks, it is important that implementation be accelerated and that a level of expertise be introduced in order to ensure that we can go beyond the recommendations of the Toland report in light of the need to accelerate the process of reform within the Department of Justice and Equality. The Joint Committee on Justice and Equality has a role in this regard. I would be very happy to report to the Dáil on a quarterly basis on the implementation of the recommendations of the Toland report. We probably need more than that. That is something which I will be addressing in the Department over the course of the next few weeks.

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