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

On the same issue, everybody in the House is not ad idemon the issue of accountability because the Government, on the one hand, refuses to hold the Commissioner to account in the way it should and, equally, the Tánaiste is not being held to account in this House. That is an intolerable situation. The Taoiseach mentioned that the Tánaiste is to take a Topical Issue matter but that is an inadequate response. The Tánaiste must present herself, make a statement to the Dáil and allow for questions. That is the least we should expect from her. Questions have been put to the Taoiseach on these matters and in response he has been spoofing, but his spoofing is overshadowed by the evasion of the Tánaiste, his Cabinet Minister for Justice and Equality. As has been said, it is outrageous that in light of this series of scandals, we are not to have the opportunity to establish the facts, the Tánaiste's state of knowledge and her proposed course of action.

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