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.
Meanwhile the Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan is insisting no member of the force was involved in surveillance of the Garda watchdog.
They made the remarks at the Garda College in Templemore in Co Tipperary, which is marking the 50th anniversary of its opening today.
Our News correspondent Fergal O'Brien reports:
