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Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputies are still barracking. They cannot keep their mouths shut for ten seconds——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I want to reiterate that what was left out of all of the protestations last night and today was a clear statement that Deputy O'Donoghue, as former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, told this House in the clearest and most unequivocal terms that he had not seen the investigation file in question——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Deputy O'Donoghue had not seen the investigation file in question——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Deputy O'Donoghue had received a report of the assistant commissioner's investigation from the Garda Commissioner. That is what Deputy O'Donoghue said and that is the truth. He had received from the Garda Commissioner a report on the Carty investigation prepared by Assistant Commissioner, Noel Conroy. That is the plain, unvarnished truth of the matter.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: What we have had here ——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Why do Deputies continue to shout? Why can Deputy Shortall not stay quiet? What we have had here for the last 24 hours is an effort to suggest that Deputy O'Donoghue misled this House.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I did not say anything of the sort. That is what Deputies have been trying to imply. I never accused Deputy O'Donoghue of misleading the House and that is another gratuitous——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I did not.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I did not say that. I said that we did not receive the entire——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: With the greatest of respect, the Deputies do not know what they are talking about.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: However, that does not inhibit any of them from making wild accusations.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: The truth is that on 23 May 2001——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: On 23 May 2001, Deputy O'Donoghue, the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform made it very clear that he did not——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Will the Deputies stop barracking? They sound so ignorant when they barrack like that. The truth is that he made it very clear——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: He made it very clear to this House that he had not received the investigation file of the Carty investigation.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: That is the plain, unvarnished truth. The Carty report——

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputies have never seen any of these documents, so I do not know why they are so pompous and arrogant in saying what is one and what is the other.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: In response to Deputy Stagg, it never ceases to amaze me how he can get so morally outraged in this House about matters about which he knows nothing.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Am I to be allowed to continue?

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: It cannot be a point of order that Deputy Durkan is confused.