Before we move to Questions on Policy or Legislation, I welcome the special needs assistants from Marshalstown, Enniscorthy, who are here with Deputy Catherine Callaghan.

I call Deputy Mary Lou McDonald.

In August 2016, Clodagh Hawe and her three young sons, Liam, Niall and Ryan, were murdered by her husband and their father Alan Hawe. He then killed himself. Clodagh's sister, Jacqueline Connolly, and her mother have been asking for the 2019 serious crime review into those murders be released by the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris. An initial investigation determined that Alan Hawe was motivated by depression and psychosis, however, in early 2024, Jacqueline and her mother were given a presentation of the serious crime review that revealed a depth of planning to the murders, which now calls that conclusion into question. In March, the family met with the Minister for justice, Deputy O'Callaghan, who told them he would ask the Commissioner to release the review and ask the Attorney General about a second inquest but since then the family has heard nothing. They are now asking for the Taoiseach's assistance to secure the publication of the serious crime review and the holding of a second inquest.

I pay tribute to Jacqueline Connolly who has demonstrated remarkable courage and resilience in the aftermath of the tragic murder of her sister Clodagh, and also Mary Coll, her mother, who met with the Minister, Deputy O'Callaghan, as the Deputy said, back in February and previously with the then Minister, Deputy McEntee. The Attorney General also received correspondence for solicitors representing the family but he would have written back. I think he wrote back in December, where he indicated that he required further information in respect of a decision to do a second inquest. He has not refused a second inquest and is requesting further information. He needs apparently substantive documentation. I have spoken to him in relation to that. Liam Keane is the solicitor who wrote to the Attorney General. Also-----

Thank you, Taoiseach.

-----regarding the publication of the serious crime review, my understanding is that one has never been published before-----

Thank you, Taoiseach. The time is up. You can correspond further. I call Deputy Bacik.

-----but the Minister for justice and I will engage with the Garda Commissioner on the matter to see if we can get it published.