Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

He is not satisfied with the Act which has been in place for some time and is now in the process of being changed. I am glad the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality will hold public hearings on how this might be restructured or reformed so that, based on the lessons learnt from all of this, it will not happen in the future.

The Deputy, as the leader of his party, understands that it has not worked in the way that people might have expected, so we have to change it, and these events have happened. It is also important that the Minister spelt out his series of actions in response to the charges that he did nothing following the material being received in the Department of Justice and Equality. The Minister is not one to deliberately mislead this House, no more than any other Minister - that is a serious charge.

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