Kevin Humphreys (Labour) | Oireachtas source

Everybody in the House is in a state of shock and amazement at what is happening in An Garda Síochána. There is a substantial crisis of public confidence. We have listened to commentators say it was carelessness or a systems failure and give many other excuses. What we have is a management failure. I am seeking to amend the Order of Business to have the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality called into the House to make a statement and take questions on the issue. In my mind are the 14,700 citizens who were not believed when they appeared before the courts. We have all read in local newspapers about people who said they never received notification and were never written to. The court system told them that they were telling lies.