Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister, but it is important that people outside the House have a clear understanding that this will not be a box-ticking exercise in response to events and that this could end up as being just another report. We must ensure it will be a report that delivers. The number of complaints that proceed to a conviction is about 8%, which is extremely low. The recent revelations on the overstating of the number of sexual offences reported are also very concerning. They were overstated by 26% in 2003 and 6% overall for the 14 years to 2016, which, unfortunately, underlines the fact that there are still issues arising in the management of data by An Garda Síochána. What I want to hear from the Minister is when he intends the report to be completed and what actions he intends to take on foot of it because we need to see the recommendations proceed into legislation once the review has been completed.

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