Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the last date on which she and or her officials were briefed with an update by the DPP and or An Garda Síochána in respect of the final report of the Moriarty Tribunal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3554/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to a previous reply in relation to this matter, most recently in response to Parliamentary Question 1077 answered on 3 November 2020.

The Deputy will appreciate, and the position remains, that criminal investigations and other operational matters are, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), solely a matter for the Garda Commissioner.

Likewise it is a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions to decide, independently in the exercise of her functions under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 (as amended), if any charges should be brought and I have no role in these matters.

I am not aware of any updates or briefings by the DPP or Garda Síochána subsequent to that reply.