The Justice Minister is being called on to respond to claims that the offices of the Garda Ombudsman Commission have been bugged.

According to today's Sunday Times, the watchdog's phone and internet were compromised in a highly sophisticated hacking operation.

The bugs were uncovered after security consultants were called in to sweep the building for spying devices.

Fianna Fáil's Justice spokesperson Niall Collins says Alan Shatter needs to clarify what he knows: