The justice and crime section of the programme for Government states that the Government "will continue to support ... the enhanced role of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) in providing independent oversight of complaints made against members of the Garda Síochána". I do not know if the Taoiseach watched "Prime Time" last night, which covered an investigation into the killing of Shane O'Farrell in 2011, whose mother, father and sister are in the Gallery today and are calling for an open public inquiry. Six years and three months after GSOC took on this report, put that family through agony and dragged their guts along the ground - Lucia O'Farrell has been heroic in investigating this matter solo and raising all the issues concerned - it has come back with what is nothing short of a cover-up.

The commitment in the programme for Government is not good enough unless the Government now institutes an open public inquiry into what happened to Shane O'Farrell in 2011, why his killer was allowed to stay free having breached bail conditions 18 times and no Garda thought of picking him up and putting him behind bars.

I wish to explain to Deputies that the party leaders are entitled to ask their questions without other Members contributing. I will take the same question from other Members later.

I have the same question.

Yes I know. I am sorry but the tradition is that the party leaders ask their questions and other Members do so subsequently.

I extend my sympathies to the family of Shane O'Farrell who have suffered such a terrible loss arising from the road traffic incident in 2011. We all know that his tragic loss of life could have been prevented and he would still be with us today had some avoidable errors and events not happened. We are also aware, sadly, that no investigation can bring Shane back. A Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, investigation was independent and it took many years.

It was not an investigation.

Often these investigations take time, and public inquiries and commissions of investigation also take many years.

It is a cover-up.

Often they do not produce-----

It is a cover-up.

-----the results or the outcome that people may want. We know this experience also.

I understand that the investigation is now complete and the report has been received by the O'Farrell family, the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Garda Commissioner. GSOC intends to publish its report in the coming days. It is appropriate to allow this to happen so that people can read it before there is a further discussion in the House. The report examined 56 specific allegations, many of which were found to be incorrect, while some have been upheld. GSOC found that there was no conduct by members of the Garda that would constitute a criminal offence. Nevertheless, it has identified conduct that requires further investigation-----

I thank the Taoiseach. We will come back to this-----

-----to determine whether there were breaches of the Garda-----

It is a cover-up.

-----disciplinary code.

Deputy Smith, please.