Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I disagree fundamentally with the Deputy's view from Wexford on this case. He said we should look outside but this was the first competition held internationally for a Garda Commissioner. The Commissioner is the first person to come through an independent competition trawled internationally for that purpose. The Deputy said we should change history. He might think he is in a position to fire everybody but this Government introduced a totally independent policing authority, the first since the foundation of the State.

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