Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When the two whistleblowers on the penalty points scandal stepped forward into the public light, having been frustrated in their efforts to bring the matter to a conclusion within the Garda Síochána, the instinct of the Minister for Justice and Equality was to rubbish these two men. He did so publicly. He did, of course, allege that they refused to co-operate with internal Garda procedures, which was patently false. The same Minister and members of the Government tried to prevent the whistleblower, Sergeant Maurice McCabe, from appearing before the Committee of Public Accounts. Members of the Government backbenches seek to frustrate the whistleblower from receiving a transcript of the evidence he gave to the committee.

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