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Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: It is a little bit far fetched for Deputy Ó Caoláin-----

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: It is a little bit far fetched for Deputy Ó Caoláin to accuse me or anyone else over here of buying into a smear campaign against Sergeant McCabe.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I became aware of it the same as most of the rest of the nation, which was after the "Prime Time" programme. For Deputy Ó Caoláin to suggest that someone deliberately bought into a smear campaign is certainly not the way Deputy Ó Caoláin normally conducts his business.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: It was after the "Prime Time" programme.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the Deputy's question, I refer to the terms of reference set out by Mr. Justice O'Neill covered in the disclosure made by Sergeant Taylor and the question of criminality. This was dealing with matters of sexual abuse, and the Minister, Deputy Zappone, met the McCabe family. The discussion centred on false allegations of a sexual nature. The Minister has responsibility for...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: There seems to be an assumption in some quarters that people are going around telling deliberate lies or that I am not telling the truth. We have now spent two hours that would have been very well spent on discussing the terms of reference for the public inquiry into this matter. The central issue is was there or was there not a deliberate smearing campaign against Sergeant Maurice McCabe...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Zappone, informed me just before the Cabinet meeting that she had met the McCabe family and that discussion centred around false allegations of a sexual nature made to Tusla about Sergeant McCabe. That is the briefing that the Minister gave me. These matters were covered in the terms of reference set out by Mr. Justice O'Neill, in that Tusla was covered in that. The...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The latter case was referred to here in the Dáil on whatever date that was. I have already referred to the changes that are under way with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, under the direction of Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring. Protected disclosures are-----

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy mentioned about protected disclosures.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet did not draft the terms of reference. They were drafted by Mr. Justice O'Neill having examined the two protected disclosures. He made the recommendation that he was not able to determine the truth after analysing both protected disclosures. The terms of reference were drafted by him.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I want to correct Deputy Shortall. She made a comment about my drafting the terms of reference. These terms of reference were not drafted by me or by the Cabinet, they were drafted by Mr. Justice O'Neill.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: They were rumours, allegations or hearsay. After the "Prime Time" programme things became very clear indeed. The Deputy did comment, rather than asking a question, saying we had drafted the terms of reference. Let me correct her and repeat that they were drafted by Mr. Justice O'Neill.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do not act on rumours, allegations or hearsay. I act on fact.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The protected disclosures received by the Minister for Justice and Equality are not public information. No member of the Cabinet other than the Minister had access to those files. When they were referred to Mr. Justice O'Neill he considered them and made his recommendation for a commission of investigation, giving the suggested terms of reference.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I have corrected my mistaken comment in regard to the Minister, Deputy Zappone's meeting with Sergeant McCabe.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has ordered a root and branch review of the mechanics of the way Tusla does its business. Clearly, in the outline in the programme on the treatment of Sergeant McCabe, this was incompetence on a major scale. There are requirements in law for Tusla to assess every case that comes before it, but to do so with accountability and responsibility in an expeditious and fair manner....

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----that had been presented to Tusla were discussed by her. That is what she said to me. Obviously, the terms of reference dealing with those covered by Mr. Justice O'Neill would cover that, and that was actually confirmed by the Supreme Court judge, who was determined at that stage-----

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: It was in the terms of reference and it was-----

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: No, the terms of reference were sufficiently flexible to cover Tusla.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: 7 o’clock As I said to the Deputy, before the Cabinet meeting, the Minister, Deputy Zappone, said that she had met with the McCabes and that the question of false allegations of sexual abuse had been made to Tusla and had been discussed by her with the McCabes.