Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

The Taoiseach might agree that it would be appropriate for the House to pay tribute to the quality of work done by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland who has demonstrated remarkable integrity, tenacity and assiduousness in pursuing difficult and complex matters. We ought to acknowledge this and express the hope that when our own version, the Ombudsman Commission, is eventually up and running, it will operate with the credibility Ms O'Loan has brought to her role in Northern Ireland, although I do not wish to imply it will have to investigate similar cases.

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