Caít Keane (Fine Gael)

We want good people in every job. We have spoken about banks and appointing people to organisations, and I will not mention any organisations because they have all made the news, where people came from other facets of life. The were brought into banking positions but they were the best people for the job.

I want to refer to what was said by both Senator O'Donovan and Senator Mullen. Senator O'Donovan said the issue raised hackles within the Defence Forces. I am not here either to pity the Defence Forces or shy away from their hackles being raised. If anything, we as Senators should be raising our hackles in terms of people on the outside.