Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 February 2024
Committee on Public Petitions
Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion
Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
As I said, for the public outside, this is has been amazingly beneficial. It was extremely informative in such a short period of time. Sometimes we feel a bit guilty because Mr. Gaffney has been fighting this for 15 years. He gets his five or ten minutes of fame in here. It is not about fame; it is about getting stuff on the record. This committee is non-political. When we were setting up this committee the last time, we made sure it has an awful lot of strength - I do not like using the word “power”. We are well aware it is the "lastchance.com" for people to come to. We as public servants have a duty to afford that to every citizen. This is not our house, this is everybody’s house. We will certainly follow up with this.
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