Shatter: I didn’t mislead Dáil on GSOC

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has denied misleading the Dáil and insisted that the Garda ombudsman never told him of his suspicions that the office of GSOC was under surveillance.

In an interview with RTÉ’s Prime Time, Mr Shatter said the account he gave to TDs during which he stated no bugging had taken place was based exactly on what ombudsman Simon O’Brien told him during the oral briefing, along with a written briefing and a press release.

“I am being accused by my political opponents of misleading the Dáil,” he said. “I went into the Dáil and set out in the Dáil the information furnished to me. That is the position, that remains the position.”