Updated 13.20
The Justice Minister says he has confidence in the members of the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission.
Alan Shatter is also again dismissing calls for an independent inquiry into the alleged bugging of the GSOC headquarters.
In a television interview last night he suggested that the GSOC chairman Simon O'Brien's evidence to an Oireachtas Committee this week was confused and contradictory.
Minister Shatter says the Garda watchdog and its members have his backing:
Meanwhile the Garda Commissioner is insisting no member of the force was involved in surveillance of GSOC.
Martin Callinan is calling on anyone with evidence to prove otherwise to come forward:
Meanwhile, Sinn Féin has confirmed plans to hold a Dáil vote next week on whether to hold an independent inquiry into the bugging claims.
Party president Gerry Adams says GSOC's internal inquiries revealed issues that need to be further looked at:
Earlier, Education Minister Ruairí Quinn told Newstalk's Pat Kenny Show having an inquiry is important:
Journalist with The Examiner, Mick Clifford, has written extensively about garda whistleblowers and other industry issues. He told Newstalk's Breakfast parts of the government, gardaí and media aren't focusing on the real issue:
GSOC is continuing its own investigations into how their suspicions were leaked to the press.
