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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: -----which will mean people can be brought into the investigations committee, on which I serve, with the committee deciding whether they are entitled to legal representation. The committee can make findings of fact-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: -----against people who may have been vindicated in the courts. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that the Minister for Justice and Equality and for Defence, Deputy Shatter-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: -----who should not be holding both portfolios, a concern we raised previously, should come to the House to explain, perhaps to his colleagues opposite whose parties are in government, what the referendum is about.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Members opposite are proponents of this referendum-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: -----which has been proposed by the Government and they should explain to the public what they are trying to do with this referendum. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister, Deputy Shatter, be brought into the House today to discuss the serious concerns that my colleagues and I raised with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: I took that Bill for the Opposition and was here for four hours.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: With grave reservations.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: I have read both documents.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Is the Minister, Deputy Shatter, coming to the House today?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Do you have a question for the Leader?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Does Senator Bacik support the comments made by the Minister, Deputy Shatter, about eight former Attorneys General?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Does Senator Bacik support the comments made yesterday by the Minister, Deputy Shatter?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Does the Senator support what Deputy Shatter said yesterday?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Let us have the Minister, Deputy Shatter, before the House today.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Does Senator Bacik support what he stated about the Attorneys General?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Does the Senator agree with what the Minister, Deputy Alan Shatter, said about the Attorneys General?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator does not support him. At least she is honest.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: I wish the Minister was cautious and conservative in his remarks.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: It was outrageous and Senator Bacik knows it.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.