Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

Go raibh maith agat a Chathaoirligh for giving me the opportunity. I want to address two very important issues. There is a reality gap between what a Government says and how we implement the policy. On councils, for example, there is a difficulty as regards sexual assault that happened with regard to councillors, how that is dealt with by the council itself, and how it is dealt with by the political parties. We are joined here today by Councillor Deirdre Donnelly in the Visitors' Gallery. Councillor Donnelly has been very strong in highlighting this case. The fact the councils themselves do not provide a duty of care-----