Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Since the publication of the second Morris report on events in Donegal we have tried to get the Government to honour the report's one major recommendation, namely, to review the Garda Síochána Bill.

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has adamantly and arrogantly refused to do as Mr. Justice Morris recommended. He has taken the position that he knows best. The man who was the greatest critic of the "nanny state" turns out to be the biggest nanny of them all. According to what we hear on the radio we have extracted amendments from the Minister that will hopefully improve the Bill but do not meet the requirements set out in the Morris report.

Regardless of what the Minister is saying to the Taoiseach, will the Taoiseach please concentrate on this matter for a second? The published list of amendments concerns pages 1 to 18 of the Bill. The Bill is 92 pages long. The Minister has published the amendments to page 18 — he should not behave like a schoolboy now, showing his homework to the master——

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