Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

In his extended address at the opening of these statements, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform spent one half of his time defending his role in the McBrearty affair and the other defending his Garda Síochána Bill. He ignored entirely the most significant recommendation of the second Morris report directed at Government that the Oireachtas should review that same Bill. Nothing highlights better the extent to which a self-proclaimed radical Minister has become a captive of his Department.

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