Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for having had to leave the meeting briefly. I was dealing, coincidentally, with gardaí at the time. I record that when we are talking about future policing and the need for change, we must acknowledge the great work done by many gardaí. I record in particular my gratitude to the excellent Dave Malone in Terenure Garda station with whom I have been dealing while this meeting has been going on.

There is not much point asking many questions, partly as I missed the questions of other members and partly because, from what I have heard, we are not getting any answers. Given that this is a longer body of work, the current Minister will probably not be at the helm when some of these things come into being, if they ever do. The Minister was at pains to say the members endorsed the full report, including the two who had the minority view. Does he not agree, however, that their point was pretty pivotal? Their point of disagreement was not a minor one but rather one that gets to the heart of a lot of this. The process of external oversight, which took a long time to put in place and which was implemented in an inadequate way, is now being watered down by this proposition. While the Minister has said he thinks that is great, which is nice, any attempt-----