Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is now over ten years since 23-year-old Shane O'Farrell was killed in a hit-and-run by a known criminal who should have been in prison at the time. The litany of State failures in this case have been well rehearsed in this House and both Houses have supported calls for an independent public inquiry. In February 2019, rather than establish that public inquiry, the Government established a scoping inquiry, which, amazingly, 31 months later has yet to report. We learned last week that the Department of Justice in a briefing to a party that is essentially keeping the Government in power omitted significant information. If the Department can withhold information in that context how can his family or the public be confident that it is committed to the full facts of this case emerging? Will the Government commit to a full independent public inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell and the actions of all relevant State bodies both and after the killing?

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