Public Inquiries
Dail Éireann — 2022-02-17
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Gino Kenny (PBP), Dublin Mid-West

It is more than ten years since Shane O’Farrell was killed. The family has always sought the truth and justice. You do not need to be a legal expert to concur that there was systemic failure regarding Shane’s death. Not only was there systemic failure on the day he died but there was also systemic failure before that. You do not have to be a legal expert to look at the facts. One fact is that Shane O’Farrell should be alive today. We should not even be speaking about him today, but there was systemic failure.
I have a sincere question for the Minister. Judge Haughton has been doing a scoping exercise for the past three and a half years. What the hell is he scoping? Does he have a telescope on the universe? This thing is going on forever for the family. The Minister’s predecessor, Deputy Heather Humphreys, said seven months ago that the scoping exercise would be completed soon. Is it on the Minister’s desk?

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Sitting date: 2022-02-17