Jim O'Callaghan: “I am the minister responsible for An Garda Síochána. That's why I apologised to them when they came into the Department…”

I am not going to apologise for trying to get important measures that are of benefit to the public enacted as quickly as possible.

It is the minister's intention to bring the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation Report to Dáil Éireann for debate as a priority.

If a person is convicted of a serious criminal offence before the courts, that is a public conviction and the public are entitled to know about that conviction.

It's not there for the benefit of people who aren't citizens of Ireland and the UK.