Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

The deadline reflected my expectation at the time, but I cannot simply click my fingers and declare the process of consultation over as I must ensure that I am being fair. The Deputy will appreciate that, as Mr. Justice Morris said in his tribunal report, the current procedure is like that for a murder trial but for relatively small infractions of the disciplinary code. I must sweep all that away and introduce an entirely different code. In so far as I can, on a basis of partnership I must bring the Garda Síochána representative associations with me.

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