Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand the reply is written for the Minister of State and he reads it out. However, it does not go anywhere near where we need to go. To take the Sallins train robbery and the victims in that case, a crime has been investigated and it is the view of anyone logically looking at it that, in the investigation of that crime, another crime was committed and nothing was done about it. That is what needs to be investigated.

The Minister of State referred to the cost of these things. I have spoken to a number of people, including a man from my own constituency who was a victim of this particular "murder squad" that came down. They beat him and tortured him for three days and then, after he did not sign a confession, he took the State to court and he got a settlement of over €100,000. There are numerous other people in similar circumstances. Part of that settlement was that there was a non-disclosure agreement that he would say nothing about it. There are dozens of similar cases. The cost of all of that down the decades is mounting up. We need to ensure we have a full commission of inquiry to make sure we get to the bottom of this. We simply have no credibility in this place if we do not.

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