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Ministers Ross & O’Donovan on OCI inquiry
Ministers Shane Ross and Patrick O'Donovan speaking to the media today
Transport Minister Shane Ross and Minister of State Patrick O'Donovan today spoke to the media about the establishment of an inquiry into the OCI ticket allocation.
The Ministers said:
This afternoon we held a meeting with the Attorney General together with officials from her office, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and from our Department.
The objective of the meeting was to make a decision on the options available to us to inquire into events relating to ticketing at the Rio Olympic Games.
We have agreed to establish a non-statutory inquiry to be carried out by a retired Judge. We believe that a Judge led non-statutory inquiry is the most appropriate mechanism to establish the facts.
We intend to appoint the Judge next week and that the Terms of Reference for the Inquiry will be finalised shortly thereafter.