Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will revert back to the Deputy. I will engage with the Minister on that. We are all looking for a comprehensively sound database in respect of the crime statistics.

Deputy Daly raised the issue of GSOC and historic inquiries. The volume of cases currently being heard by GSOC is quite considerable. As I have said previously, there has to be some balance, unfortunately, in terms of the work of GSOC and what gets prioritised and dealt with. There are real issues there. There are up to 2,000 cases or complaints per year but we will engage with GSOC in relation to historic inquiries. Deputy Daly referenced the Kerry babies case in particular. Perhaps there are ways of learning lessons from those cases without full commissions of inquiry being necessitated.

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