An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-16
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Alan Kelly (LAB), Tipperary

It is very rare that I stand up on the Order of Business but I feel desperately that we need as a Legislature to have a debate about the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. What is going on at the moment is outrageous. Its latest decision is to prosecute a garda for pursuing three members of a well-known criminal gang, with more than 200 convictions, because he did his duty and followed them until they went down the M7 motorway and, unfortunately, got killed. He then went to the scene to try to help. The people of this country are outraged at this. Over the past number of days, €32,000 has been raised on a GoFundMe page for this garda, mostly by his colleagues. I know this garda-----

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Sitting date: 2023-05-16