Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Martin thinks the then Garda Commissioner, having announced his retirement, should have been allowed to stay in office for three months. Is this not what happened when Mr. Bertie Ahern stayed on as Taoiseach for months after announcing his departure while the country went down the tubes? I do not recall Fianna Fáil observing any courtesies when the then Minister, Mr. Gerry Collins, sacked the then Garda Commissioner who subsequently won compensation in the courts. Moreover, Deputy Martin has never been able to find the file last seen on his desk, according to the Travers report, when his inaction cost the Exchequer €110 million.

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