Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) was one of the gardaí named in the GSOC report sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration on whether criminal proceedings be issued against named members of the Garda who were involved with a drug dealer. [45440/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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In May 2013, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) made a Report to my predecessor under Section 80(5) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 following its investigation into allegations of collusion between an individual and members of the Garda Síochána.

In its letter accompanying the report GSOC stated that a file relating to its public interest investigation was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions pursuant to Section 102(2) of the 2005 Act. The section provides that GSOC shall send a copy of a designated officer's report to the DPP where the report contains matters that may constitute an offence by a member of the Garda Síochána. Having considered the file the DPP advised that the file did not warrant prosecution of any individual. Thereafter GSOC considered and decided against launching any investigation of matters which may constitute indiscipline.

I have no role in the initiation of prosecutions and, accordingly, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on whether or not specific individuals were named in the report forwarded to the DPP.