Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Next week the Dáil will not sit and for the past two weeks in reality we have had little of substance to debate in the House. We have had very little if any legislation coming through, bar yesterday. For three full weeks the Dáil will not have been operating with any degree of substance in terms of legislation or issues. It would have been within the capacity of Government to have facilitated a debate in Government time today on the Garda Síochána Inspectorate report. We have been informed that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, will this afternoon publish the Garda Síochána Inspectorate's ninth report, entitled the Fixed Charge Processing System - A 21st Century Strategy, after which the Garda Síochána Inspectorate will hold a press conference. We had selective leaks of the report last evening and a presentation by the Minister.

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