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Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Helen McEntee: Seriously. Do not even go there, Deputy McGrath.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: She is treating it as a game-----

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Through the Chair, please.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is disgusting.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: For the last time, can we please deal with the subject with dignity and respect? Deputy Bríd Smith asked a question. It is not the normal practice. Some Ministers do and others do not. That is just the position. I am moving on.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Bríd Smith: I am making a request for a copy of the speech.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I have heard you Deputy. If it is available, that would be very helpful. This is a very serious subject. I realise that it is not normal practice. Deputy McGuinness is next.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

John McGuinness: I commend Sinn Féin and Deputy Carthy on tabling this motion in the House again for consideration and debate. It is unusual in that on the previous occasion, Fianna Fáil joined with all others in the House to ensure that the content of the motion was passed and the Minister was asked directly for a public inquiry. Unfortunately, on this occasion, we do not get speaking time. I am...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome Lucia, Jim and Shane's family to Public Gallery. Lucia is one of the most remarkable people I have ever met and certainly that I have ever met here, in this job. The painstaking detail she has provided and the passion and commitment she has shown to this campaign is such a tribute to a mother's love for her son but she should never have had to do that. Having listened to the...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The scoping inquiry, as I said at the time, was far too limited because it treated each thing as an individual failure rather than a litany of failures, a collective set of failures that all pointed in a particular direction. I hope that the logical conclusion is not actually the case but it is very hard to escape it. The Minister said that Judge Haughton was at liberty to come up with...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank my colleague Deputy Carthy for tabling this motion. When I entered the Seanad, it was my colleague Deputy Pádraig MacLochlainn who first told me this absolutely unbelievable story. It is as unbelievable today as it was then. I am absolutely astonished that the best the Minister can provide is that she will write to the justice committee to allow it time. Time? How much...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Pauline Tully: I pay tribute to the O'Farrell family for their determination in their quest for truth and justice for Shane. They deserve the truth. They deserve to know how and why Zigimantas Gridziuska was out on bail at the time he killed Shane on 2 August 2011. He had 34 previous convictions across three jurisdictions. He had been on continuous bail since August 2008, even though there were multiple...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Many years ago when I served as the Sinn Féin spokesperson on justice, I first met with Lucia and Jim. Lucia took a framed photograph of her beloved son to the meeting and it has never left me how devastated this hard-working, ordinary, decent Irish family was by what had happened. As Deputy Carthy said, it is not the courts, An Garda Síochána, GSOC or any of the institutions...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Helen McEntee: The tragic death of Shane O'Farrell aged just 23 years is a terrible loss and tragedy for the O'Farrell family, his friends, the wider community and everyone who had the privilege to know and love him. I acknowledge the O'Farrell family is here this evening not to hear our sympathies but I am deeply conscious such an unimaginable tragedy brings with it a dreadful and enduring grief to all...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Matt Carthy: Is there a copy of the script?

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Helen McEntee: There is not. For Private Members' business, there is never a copy. Many colleagues were here last October when time was provided for Members of both Houses to discuss the final report of the scoping inquiry, which deals comprehensively with all the matters raised. The motion asks the House to establish an independent public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the tragic and...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: "Every year I say to Shane, this time next year, I'll have justice for you. Each year, I say that to him. And each year we try." Those are the words of Shane O'Farrell's mother, Lucia. For 13 long years she has fought a fight that no mother should have to fight. Alongside Shane's father, Jim, and their family, Lucia has spent more than a decade campaigning for truth and justice for her...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Pa Daly: Many things about this case are extraordinary, including the errors by the Courts Service; the freedom afforded to a man with numerous convictions in Lithuania and in Ireland to be out and about and committing more crimes; and gardaí stating they were not trained to check court outcomes and that being acceptable. All these circumstances led to the fateful night when Shane O'Farrell lost...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2024)

Question put and declared carried.