Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

Let us say for argument's sake that we held this competition and the person presently in a position to present cases before the military court was appointed as military judge and we lowered the criterion to eight years, one of two could be appointed to the position. I am listening to all of this nonsense about conspiracies and dark secrets and Ministers being led up the garden path and something in the undergrowth, be it under ducts or whatever else-----