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Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy did not.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: They were only partial Bills about little items.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: No one has ever come up with comprehensive legislation of the kind like the Garda Síochána Bill.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Forget it buddy — you were not even half way up to the height of this Bill.

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: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: In his introduction to the board's annual report for 2004, which I launched on Tuesday, Mr. Holmes stated: There has been much debate as to whether the new Body should be run by a single Ombudsman or by a commission of three people. In my view, a three-person commission lessens the likelihood of a personality based conflict arising between it and Garda management. In considering the model in...

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: She was not a press officer. She was my special adviser.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: No, it is in the Bill.