Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----and that if the Government bides its time and we all sit here talking about it, then it is going to go away. The language used earlier by the Taoiseach was strikingly similar, if not practically identical, to that used by the Tánaiste two and a half years ago when discussing a previous fixed charge notice controversy.

A year after two commissions of inquiry and the Members of this House having been told that the new system was in place, Maurice McCabe had to make another protected disclosure to say the system was not working. The Tánaiste at that time stated it was very important that we get the facts of the situation before conclusions are reached. Public confidence, the integrity of the system and the public interest is very important also. The Tánaiste needed to have an independent external investigation so she sent that to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. That was three years ago; nothing happened. Why should we accept another review when the reviews that have been done made recommendations which have not been implemented? The Tánaiste did not even bother chasing up the ones she set up because where is the outcome? Why should we believe that if she sets up another review she will follow it through? What will it take for the Tánaiste to take action and realise that she cannot reform an organisation if those at the helm come from the old ways of doing things?

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