Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

I appreciate the Cathaoirleach's ruling, to which I will adhere, but there is a fundamental question for the Deputy Leader about freedom of expression in the media and I would be grateful if he could establish why a complaint was made about the robust nature of an interview when most politicians in Ireland, and Europe generally, are well used to the type of interviewing technique that we saw last week. It is timely, with our American colleagues here, to remember there was no discourtesy towards the President and that it was a normal journalistic endeavour by an excellent journalist working in this country. I commend her on the manner in which she raised the questions.