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Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...on the facts laid out in the report. How do we make sure all the information is available? We have heard that so much of the information has already been produced in this report following on from a series of investigations whether through GSOC, the courts or other investigations that have taken place. Recommendations have been made to ensure this does not happen again and that, insofar...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...and other relevant State bodies operating at the time of Shane O'Farrell's death. Everything is rosy in the garden. What are we even talking about then so? It is clear that the reviews by GSOC, the independent review mechanism and the Courts Service into the incident did not go far enough and present more questions than answers. The section 103 GSOC report is completely unsatisfactory...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...with completeness. Quite simply, we have terms of reference that do not seem to have been followed. We have questions that should have been asked that never were asked. We have reports, such as GSOC report the Minister mentioned, that should have been explored and about which there were questions, yet the GSOC report was never even sought by the judge. Time was spent exploring...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...in the context of this scoping exercise. The terms of reference provided that Judge Haughton would be provided with section 101 and 103 reports from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. The independent review mechanism report was also to be fully considered. The judge was not provided by either report. He did not seek the GSOC section 101 report and the Department...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Seán Haughey: ...of the points they have made about it since then. They believe the report does not deal with all of the matters included in the terms of reference and they point out that it did not consider the GSOC reports or the independent review mechanism report. They are disappointed that there appears to be victim blaming and that it could be interpreted that Shane was the guilty party. The...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...Irish Council for Civil Liberties agrees with this stance. We agree with the O'Farrell family that Shane's case raises serious issues with the criminal justice system around bail, previous convictions, coroner's inquests, the effectiveness of GSOC and transparency around the use of informers by members of the Garda. There are also clear legal issues which remain unresolved. We agree...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...inquiry. The scoping exercise was actually a mechanism to usurp the desire not only of this House but also that of the Upper House. The Minister referred to the trial, the Coroner's Court, the GSOC investigation and the scoping exercise as if all of them amounted to an in-depth analysis of why the person who killed Shane was at large on the night of the killing. In each and every one...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...or an inquiry under section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act if he had found that such an inquiry was warranted. There has been a criminal trial, Coroner's Court involvement, an independent review mechanism, a GSOC investigation and the Haughton scoping exercise concerning the tragic death of Shane O'Farrell. The independent report by Mr. Justice Haughton does not provide a basis...