Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

My heart goes out to the three children and the carer who were at the heart of a situation where a person tried to and did stab them. My heart also goes out to the people who intervened to save those lives.

Some 98.7% of the gardaí voted against Drew Harris as their representative. The Minister is the protector of the people through the Garda service. Some 98.7% of the Garda service voted against Drew Harris and the Minister did not listen to them. That means that she is not protecting the people of Ireland. She has to listen to the gardaí because they know what they are doing. She has seriously let them down by not listening to their concerns about the commissioner. I ask her please to listen to the gardaí. Some 98.7% of them trusted the Minister to look after them and to protect them, so that they could protect us.

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