Caít Keane (Fine Gael)

As mentioned, every party has good and bad people. It is like a barrel of apples. When there is a rotten and corrupt apple, it sours many beside it. People have to be careful and take personal responsibility for decisions made, while party leaders must take major responsibility for them. However, they cannot take all the responsibility because they were not holding councillors' hands when they were voting "Yes" or "No". Politicians should research what they are doing. I support the calls for a debate. However, the report is new. How many have digested and researched its contents? When the Director for Public Prosecutions has made his recommendations on it, I would like the House to discuss it again to see what we can do to ensure sanctions and penalties are imposed and issues such as pension payments are evaluated and re-examined. I ask for a prompt debate and an analysis on how new politicians can educate themselves on the steps they need to take before making any decisions about politics for the good of society as a whole.