Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In addition to Senators Bradford and van Turnhout, Senator Conway, who is present, also stated he supported the proposals and that this was a sad and sorry situation. Senators Healy Eames, O'Keeffe, Colm Burke and Ó Murchú also spoke. That is a cross-section of all Members, which shows there was serious concern regarding this agency and system under the present system. What came across strongly was there was a grave sense of a lack of trust, there was a sense of collusion with the Department of Justice and Equality, that there appeared to be a sense of cover-up and that were it not for the work of Judge Michael Reilly, who took great steps to go above and beyond the call of duty to enter this institution and to check it by day and by night and to call in unannounced, etc.,-----