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Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I want to——

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: The House has a duty to reform the Garda Síochána.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: The House has a duty.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Yes, it has a right. The House will get an opportunity in the coming weeks to achieve what has not been done to remedy what was not put right——

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: ——and to do justice to those in the future who may otherwise suffer the kinds of injustices that a poorly run Garda force has visited on those in the Visitors Gallery and others.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am determined as the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform not just to push the Garda Síochána Bill through but with the assistance of the committee headed by Senator Maurice Hayes——

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: ——have it up and running as soon as possible. I will have achieved in three years what other justice Ministers from all parties have not. I will have modernised the Garda Síochána——

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: ——to make it a worthy police force for a modern republican democracy. I make no apology for being ambitious. I make no apology for being impatient.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: People are sick of the game playing that we saw on the call for a quorum.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: They want a Parliament that gets on with its obligations——

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: ——and works for change.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Garda Síochána is a wonderful force. It is a force we all support but it has serious defects exposed in its constitution, its management and its ethics.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I intend to remedy these. I hope the Members opposite will support me rather than engaging in the blame game.

Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Thank God I did not come up with that suggestion.

Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "—conscious of the widespread and justified public disquiet at the findings of the first and second reports of the tribunal of inquiry into complaints concerning some gardaí of the Donegal division; —appreciative of the work of Mr. Justice Morris and of the significance of his recommendations...

Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Listening to some of the material, I felt the Garda had never received a more comprehensive thrashing from politicians than in the past 40 minutes.

Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have addressed the Dean Lyons issue, to which Deputy Rabbitte referred. I have appointed Mr. Shane Murphy, Senior Counsel, to report on that matter.

Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I expect to receive his report in due course. I also want to respond to many of the points which were made about matters like the recording of statements made by persons in custody. As Deputy Costello has probably forgotten, it was made clear at a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights that 96% of statements are now recorded. I hope we can...

Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I find it rich that the Labour Party has suggested in its motion that I should not proceed with the Garda Síochána Bill, which was the subject of a process of consultation after its heads were published. The Bill has been changed significantly on foot of an extensive Second Stage debate in this House, lengthy consideration on all Stages in the Seanad and a Committee Stage debate of record...

Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: ——and tell me that what I am doing is the appropriate way forward.