Commissions of Investigation
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-30
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Bríd Smith (PBP), Dublin South-Central

I received a reply to a parliamentary question from the Minister for Justice stating that the report into the tragic and untimely death of Shane O'Farrell, commissioned with the co-operation of Judge Gerard Haughton, was presented on 1 June 2022. In a couple of days, that will have been a year ago. After 12 years of Lucia O'Farrell and her family fighting like tigers to have this report published and have a full public inquiry established, and after this Dáil and the Seanad voting in favour of same, out of respect for the O'Farrell family, is it not time that the Government publish the report, discuss the conclusions reached by Judge Haughton and then, on the back of that, open up a full public inquiry? This has gone on too long. This is terribly tragic and sad. We have all witnessed how much it has impacted on the O'Farrell family. A year after the Minister receiving it, the report is still not published. That is not on. I would like the Taoiseach to respond to that.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-30