Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said his priority is to make sure the Garda is adequately resourced. Gorey was downgraded, which was madness as it is one of the fastest growing regions in the country.

The Minister also said the Minister for Justice and Equality should not interfere with the Commissioner but if the Commissioner is not responsible to the Minister who in God's name is he or she accountable to? Who is carrying out the disciplinary investigation into those investigations? Somebody is doing it but the Garda Síochána will not tell us. Could the Minister find out for us? It has been more than four years yet nobody has been arrested in connection with heroin. At least one person has died since because of heroin. Local gardaí were involved and investigations were carried out yet nothing has been done about them. How can no one be arrested for four years? Who is doing the investigation now into the disciplinary side of it?

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