Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Why will the Minister not address the House and answer who selected the seven gardaí, who made complaints against them and why is he going down this road when he needed to back off in the case of Dean Lyons? This legislation has never been used before. It is very odd and I ask that the Taoiseach have it examined before it proceeds any further as it is quite farcical. I regret that the focus of commentary on it so far has been on a different issue, an issue that I incidentally agree with the Minister about. It is a diversion. The real issue is the terms of reference of this inquiry.

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