Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

The amendment is about the basis for the case and whether the evidence should come from a garda above or below a certain level. We are either serious about this or not. If we want to be serious about it and tackle the issue then we go about it. If we want to fiddle around with it we can talk around in rings and circles for as long as we like but the public knows full well what the issues are, where and how they occur. If 100 lawyers write to The Irish Times with a concern along these lines, I want to hear about it. If, however, this is nothing more than someone speculating I want to hear about that too. Unless we tackle this issue now, society that abides by the law and is concerned with the failure to enforce it will judge all of us.

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