David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I would like to ask the Deputy Leader if she would agree with me on how lucky we are to live in this wonderful country, particularly on a beautiful day like this. We are always being told laughter is the best medicine and this place is a laugh a minute. We are definitely not a banana republic; we are a Java republic and this appears to have given the Minister for Justice and Equality insomnia. Apparently, the police are bugging each other and are listening in all over the place. If one wants to find out what is going on or are any kind of a hacker one can go to the coffee shop located underneath their headquarters and plug into their Wi-Fi - whatever that is - and all the rest of it. I hope that they are using the equipment to listen to the crooks as well.

I had my telephone bugged in the 1970s and it was impossible to get a straight answer out of the then Government. I found it most irritating in the beginning but then I found it very useful because I had a direct line to government which I used. Apparently, the Army is now getting ready to bomb each other in Donegal which is a new revelation and is something to watch out for.

Perhaps to cure his insomnia-----