An Garda Síochána
Dail Éireann — 2024-06-20
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Helen McEntee (FG), Meath East

GSOC has assured me in the last week that it is acting in accordance with the law. There is nothing to suggest there are any other cases of this type. I will be very cautious in speaking about the case the Deputy has referenced because it has been suggested that a legal case may be taken but that case refers to something that happened back in 2016. Subsequently, there was a review undertaken by Mr. Justice Murray, recommendations were implemented and laws were changed at European level because of the Graham Dwyer case, and I have changed the law. There is nothing in the public commentary to suggest that anything happened post 2016. GSOC has assured me that it acts in accordance with the law and I expect that to be the case. If somebody knows something to the contrary, I would ask him or her to come forward. The Deputy is asking me to conduct an inquiry when absolutely no evidence has been presented to me that anything happened here subsequent to 2016. If that is not the case, I ask that evidence be provided. However, I do not have such evidence and have to go by the information I have. As I have said, the landscape and legislative background have changed since 2016, concluding with the 2022 legislation that I enacted.

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Sitting date: 2024-06-20