Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday, following the resignation of the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach referred to the Department of Justice and Equality as dysfunctional. We are all aware of the issues to be examined by the disclosures tribunal, which we will discuss this evening. The Taoiseach promised an external review of all the matters that have arisen in recent weeks. Given those very strong statements, will he indicate the precise extent of this external review of matters related to the Department of Justice and Equality? The issues are relevant not only to the whistleblower scandal but are also evident in the discovery that 2 million false breath tests were carried out by gardaí and there were 15,000 wrongful convictions as a result. More than 100 solicitors are taking legal action of behalf of some of those who were wrongly convicted.

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