Issues That must be addressed in the Rossiter inquiry

Issues that must be addressed in the Rossiter inquiry

1.How was it that Michael McDowell failed to institut...e inquiries immediately when it became known in September 2002 that a 14 year old boy had been found in a coma in Garda custody and had died subsequently?

2.How was it that Michael McDowell failed to respond to repeated representations made on behalf of the Rossiter family for a period of over 18 months until the media started to ask questions about the case?

3.How could Michael McDowell claim in June 2005 he was awaiting a Garda report on the case, when he had received a Garda report a year previously?

4.How could his department have failed to prompt an investigation into the death of Brian Rossiter once it became known at the time of his death?

5.How could he and his Department have failed to enquire of the Garda authorities if every relevant witness had been interviewed in connection with the death, including the two people who alleged Brian Rossiter had been assaulted in Garda custody, Anthony O Sullivan and Tony Buck?

6.What caused the death of Brian Rossiter?

7.Were Gardaí in any way implicated in the death?

8.Was there a legitimate reason why a key witness in this case, Tony Buck, was visited by gardaí in early September of this year and had his house ransacked?

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