Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

He sought to minimise concern about the implementation of the penalty points system by the Garda. He even went onto the plinth to attack the two whistleblowers in a scurrilous effort to undermine their credibility when the O'Mahoney report was published. I remember the exchanges in this Chamber at that time. Later, he wrongly and disgracefully, accused the Garda whistleblowers of not cooperating with the investigation. The Minister has yet to correct the public record in that regard. We will listen with interest to his statement later today to see if he will at last step up to the plate and apologise for those remarks.

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