Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

I reject all of that. I consider myself fully accountable to this House and to its committees. I discharge my responsibility with a great seriousness. I do not discharge it on an institutional basis, but to the best of my ability. Deputy Shatter referred to section 12 of the Child Care Act and the obligation of the Garda Síochána. That obligation exists and should be discharged. The HSE needs to co-operate with the Garda Síochána, which was one of the issues that came up regarding Children First. It is something on which we need to work all the time, to make sure that the relationship between the Garda and the HSE-----

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