Gerry Adams calls for Independent Inquiry into GSOC bugging scandal

Sinn Féin Leader Gerry Adams TD has called for a fully independent inquiry into allegations that the office of the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) was the target of a sophisticated surveillance operation.
Mr Adams said that the Government's response to the scandal so far, was disappointing and that the most important question was whether the GSOC was bugged and if so, by whom?
Speaking in the Dáil today Gerry Adams said:
"The reality is that The Ombudsman's office has been undermined since its establishment. And the work of the Ombudsman has been severely frustrated, particularly during its Public Interest Investigation into the handling of informers arising from the Ciaran Boylan affair.
"Citizens need to have trust that public agencies are in a position to carry out their work without being compromised. This is particularly true of a body tasked with the onerous responsibility of Garda oversight.
"Taoiseach, what citizens want to know is - was GSOC bugged? and if so, who did it?
"Given the absence of trust between GSOC, the Garda Commissioner and your Minister for Justice isn't it clear that the only way we will get these answers is, if the Government establishes a fully independent Inquiry?