Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

His backbenchers are pointing out the mistakes the Minister is making in stripping away the positive resource of a station in a community and serving that community. The idea the Minister can single-handedly decide these closures are good for An Garda Síochána simply does not stack up.

Another issue the Minister raised continually when he was on this side of the House – it was almost an obsession with him – was the investigation into Anglo Irish Bank. It is clear he has stripped resources from that investigation as well as we are almost two years into the Minister's tenure but there has been no result. He once hailed himself as the saviour of this investigation. I do not expect him to comment too much on it as it is before the courts. However, when he was on this side of the House he suggested there was in some way political interference or cover-ups by the previous Government into the Anglo Irish Bank investigations. This was one of the most distasteful suggestions made by any Deputy in this House. Now the Minister is on the Government side of the House, will he clarify for the record as to what obstructions were put in place by the previous Government in the investigation of potentially criminal acts in Anglo Irish Bank? He promised he was going to lock up the whole lot of them but two years into his tenure, we are still waiting.

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