John Paul Phelan (Fine Gael)

I join with colleagues who have commended Mr. Justice Morris on his report published yesterday. I would have expected nothing less from a good south Kilkenny man like myself. I join with other Members of the House in calling on the Leader to arrange a debate on this report and, inter alia, to reaffirm our support for the vast majority of members of the force on whom we depend to expose the misdeeds as discovered by the tribunal.

I also want to refer to some of the remarks made about the European constitution. It is important to point out that there was a referendum in Spain prior to those in France and Holland in which almost 70% of the Spanish electorate voted for the constitution. A number of other countries have passed the constitution, including Latvia which did so this morning.