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

What may have happened ten years ago may not inform what could happen today in terms of the rigour of a Garda investigation. We have been told it would be about six weeks. Given all that has happened, we are prepared, obviously, to give the Garda that six weeks. However, I am not dismissing, ultimately, what the Deputy is suggesting and will give that very careful consideration in terms of how we take this forward to give clarity and answers to the families and victims.

I am aware of what the Deputy said regarding the validation report. I only became aware of that very recently in preparation for this situation. It is very serious. Given the potential scale of it, it could very well merit an inquiry of some sort. We have to work through how best to do that.

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