Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Tánaiste. The only question that was asked was whether Fianna Fáil has a policy with regard to its own elected representatives. The Tánaiste did not tell us what that policy is. That is what people want to know. Is there a sanction for Fianna Fáil's elected representatives? The Tánaiste said he was the victim of such a profile and had to go to the courts.

Would it not be best to start at home with Fianna Fáil's own elected representatives and tell people how the party sanctions them and candidates who are going to face the electorate? The party supports the hate speech Bill, which will sanction society over the types of thing its potential candidates and elected representatives are purporting and spewing online while hiding behind individual and fake community-based profiles. People want to know what Fianna Fáil’s policy is on keeping its own elected representatives in line in this regard. The Tánaiste accused my colleague of being disingenuous, but if Fianna Fáil is promoting the hate speech Bill, it is disingenuous to try to blame wider society when it cannot start at home. I am asking about Fianna Fáil’s policy on sanctions.

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