Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

It is as simple as this, but if the Minister of State wants to go down that road, I shall be happy to entertain him. However, I would not go too far if I were he. Suffice to say that serious problems arose in policing in Donegal to which that tribunal refers. Any attempt by a Member of the House to try to justify and cover this up by making an attack on the Members of the Opposition is appalling and the Minister should either apologise publicly to the people he offended or consider his position.

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