Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to fully support Senator Gallagher's call. Last night RTÉ's "Prime Time" was a devastating exposé of the failures in our criminal justice system. Shane O'Farrell was mown down by Zigimantas Gridzuiska on 2 August 2011. Not long after that I met Shane's parents. What will never leave me is their grief and the love they had for their son, and the sheer devastation. However, the anger has grown over the years in that family, given what they have discovered. Mr. Gridzuiska was responsible for an absolute litany of criminal activities around that area, on both sides of the Border. There was an order from a judge that, if he was found guilty of any other offences in terms of fraud and theft, he would be sent back to jail, yet, repeatedly after that, he was not, and this is before he knocked down Shane O'Farrell.

There are huge questions.It should never have been left to GSOC alone. It was not a matter just for An Garda Síochána. This was a whole-of-system failing. Any decent citizen of the State would see there has to be a public inquiry into this matter.