Joe O'Toole (Independent)

Surely the up-front contempt with which the Murphy report was treated by the ambassador and the Vatican State at the very least calls for a re-examination of our relationship with the Vatican. The Vatican's ambassador to Ireland should be called to account. He should be called in by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to explain himself on this situation. It is the least we need.

I very much support Senator Fitzgerald's comments about the removal of people from office who were responsible, either through omission or commission, for the abuse of children. However, I have no time whatsoever for the calls by party leaders for the sacking of a bishop. It is not the business of politicians to interfere in the operations of a church.