Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister can dress it up any way he likes but it has been established that there has been Garda involvement in the drugs trade in Athlone. It is a fact that no action has been taken against those responsible. It is a fact that the person who made the allegations is out sick and his senior manager has recently been promoted despite being at the centre of allegations of bullying and harassment. Those allegations have not been investigated. We have a mechanism which is not fit for purpose. Points put by Deputy Wallace were not included even on the agenda in terms of the €28 million. There is a huge deficit in the context of accountability, with people inside An Garda Síochána putting their necks on the line and not getting support from the agencies in this State. Deputy Flanagan is the Minister. If GSOC is saying it, the whistleblower is saying it and people in this House are saying it, then a lot more needs to be done than is the case at present. I think the Minister should investigate and answer the questions that he refused to even table, such as those from Deputy Wallace that were disallowed.

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