Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I said, I do not want potentially to prejudice any case that may be taken in future. Unfortunately, sometimes time is a barrier in bringing successful convictions. I do not want to say that is the case in this particular instance, because I do not know, but the State will do all it can to try to bring individuals to justice who have been accused of sexual abuse. It is important to say that in this case there was no successful conviction. A case was taken but it was not concluded. As a result, we need to be careful about how we speak about the case in the context of any possible future case. Because of what I read in yesterday's paper, I expect new material or evidence may come into the public domain.

We will have to see where that takes us as regards the investigations of An Garda Síochána.

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