I spent the morning speaking to many of the families of the Creeslough tragedy. They are distraught and retraumatised. They learnt through the media last night that permission has been granted to redevelop the site where their loved ones were injured and lost their lives. It will be three years in October since their lives were torn apart. Some of the families met with the Minister in October and asked for a public inquiry. They tell me they have not heard from her since. Following that meeting, the Garda Commissioner publicly stated that a public inquiry could run alongside a Garda investigation. This morning, I am thinking of Margaret O'Donnell, the mother of Catherine and the grandmother of James, both of whom were victims in the Creeslough tragedy. She went to her grave at the weekend without the answers that she and all the other families deserve. On the day that the families of the victims have been retraumatised with this decision and how it was communicated, can the Minister give them some comfort? Will she commit, as the former Minister for Justice who was to look into this issue, to the need for a public inquiry?

Thank you, Deputy.

Will she ask her Government to commit to that-----

Thank you, Deputy. The Minister to respond.

-----so that they can have the answers to the questions they all deserve to have answered?

I acknowledge the absolute devastation that was caused by this explosion. I met with the families because I wanted to hear from them. I wanted to meet them because I want to make sure they get the answers they are entitled to and they deserve. The number one objective here is that families get answers to the questions they have asked, as they are entitled to. We also want to make sure something like this does not happen again. I was very clear in my previous role, as was the Government, that an inquiry was never being ruled out. However, it is really important that the work of An Garda Síochána continues. The Garda Commissioner who I spoke to, and indeed the gardaí I spoke to in Donegal, have done a huge amount of work to make sure a file can be prepared and it will be sent to the DPP. However, if, at the end of that process - the DPP is independent - there are still questions that need to be answered, the Government has never ruled out a public inquiry, nor should it ever do so.