Maurice Hayes (Independent)

One cannot go around picking leaders for other people.

I associate myself with Senator Mansergh's remarks about the appointment to the Garda inspectorate. I can think of nobody better. Kathleen O'Toole was a member of the Patten commission and made an enormous contribution to that report, not only to its substance but, because of her reputation as a police officer, to the international validation of the results.

Will the Leader ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs to attend the House for a debate on Northern Ireland? This arises from a remark I saw attributed to him yesterday, in which he stated the Patten report had not been implemented in Northern Ireland——