Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to examine a person's claims (details supplied) that the Garda bureau of fraud investigations failed to screen the allegations against a company by not interviewing the complainants involved or the alleged perpetrators, or by examining the accounts of the company before the bureau arrived at a decision not to proceed with an investigation. [41191/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The complaint to which the Deputy refers is amongst those being considered under the mechanism established for the independent review of certain allegations of Garda misconduct, or inadequacies in the investigation of certain allegations, which have been made to me as Minister for Justice and Equality, or the Taoiseach, with a view to determining to what extent and in what manner further action may be required in each case.

A panel consisting of two Senior and five Junior Counsel was established for the purpose. The counsel appointed to the panel were all selected on the basis of their experience of the criminal justice system. The review of each complaint will consist of an examination of the papers in the complaint by a counsel from the panel. Following the review of each complaint a recommendation will be made to me as Minister as to whether any further action is desirable and could practicably be taken.