Top justice official needs to answer questions on Callinan resignation

Fianna Fáil has said it is unacceptable for the Department of Justice's top official to refuse to answer questions about the resignation of the former Garda Commissioner.

Fianna Fáil has said it is unacceptable for the Department of Justice's top official to refuse to answer questions about the resignation of former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan.

The department's secretary general Brian Purcell will attend the Justice Committee next week, where TDs want to ask him about the Guerin Report and the controversies surrounding the Gardaí in recent months.