Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I shall reiterate the points I have already made. The Minister's attitude was outrageous. He completely failed and I do not know why he raised that issue. He could not have raised the issue on behalf of the gardaí throughout the country who are doing their duty. They certainly did not ask him to raise the issue. Perhaps some innocent people were accused, but then many other innocent people were accused of doing things they had no hand, act or part in at the same tribunal of inquiry. It behoved the chairman of that particular tribunal to deal with the injustices that had been done to all those and keep his reservations about certain Members of the Oireachtas to himself.

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