Brendan Ryan (Labour)

Sorry, a Chathaoirligh, Mr. Justice Flood is the chairman of the Centre for Public Inquiry whose director has been traduced by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Let me explain clearly. Nobody in this country has to explain themselves because somebody cast imputations on them. Regardless of whether they should or should not, nobody has to do so and nobody has the right. I spent 20 years on and off fighting for people's right to an unqualified right to silence. We have made only minimal changes in that area. It is not proper, and it is the way of Robert Mugabe to say that the security of the state is threatened, therefore one can say what one likes about somebody. That is a fundamental issue. If the security of the State is threatened I would like to know what the Minister who dines with Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness and Pat Doherty knows about them.