Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have three motions on the Order Paper and clear misinformation has been given to the House, including by the Taoiseach, in dealing with them. There has been an utter refusal to come here and correct the record; such action is totally unprecedented in my time in Dáil Éireann.

We can consider the penalty points issue. If the Minister was in opposition and information came to him about this process that not too many people knew about, he would have been the first to demand that the matter be investigated and that a clear, open and transparent procedure be put in place, with an examination carried out. It would also be fair to say that the Minister would have been first to say that when an investigation is being carried out, it is utterly wrong for the people being investigated to carry out the investigation.

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