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

I wish to put on the record that I absolutely refute and reject that position. The O’Farrell family has been here many times before and have had 11 years or more now of words of sympathy in this House. They want to see action. I would have liked if the Minister had taken the opportunity today to agree to some small steps that could allow them, but also society at large, to get to the truth as to why a man who should have been imprisoned was in a position to kill Shane O’Farrell.

The first thing the Minister could do is agree to establish the public inquiry as mandated by both Houses of the Oireachtas. She clearly rejected that this morning. If she cannot or will not do those things, she could commit to two things. She could instruct the Government Whip to provide time for a full debate in this House on the scoping exercise report that has been laid before us. That is the least the Dáil deserves. Second, she can confirm whether she knows Zigimantas Gridziuska was a Garda informer. If she does not know that, she cannot say hand on heart that the full facts have been established by the scoping exercise. She could commit this morning that if she does not know, she will go to the Garda Commissioner today and find out.

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