Gerald Nash (Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is an extraordinary state of affairs. Like Deputy Joan Collins, I was anxious to extend an invitation to Mr. McMahon, given his unrivalled and exceptional experience of dealing with such issues on the ground. Far too often, we do not hear from people such as him who have direct experience. The committee, not least in its work in recent years, has shown a willingness and interest in hearing from those on the front line who can share with us their lived experience, which is important. Not only does Mr. McMahon have a lived experience but his experience is unrivalled in respect of the legal position of dealing with the bureaucracy that can circle the wagons when it is attacked, and that can often puts its own interest and that of the institution ahead of that of those it is supposed to support.

What Mr. McMahon has highlighted goes against the principles of natural justice.