Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Leyden. That is where the compliments end.

I thought it very sad to be sitting in my room listening to Fianna Fáil Members trying to take on, and get rid of, the most reforming and excellent Minister of this State, for the wrong reasons. It is one thing to try to take somebody out but another to do it for the wrong reasons. It was equally pathetic to listen to Sinn Féin this morning blame the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, for the resignation of Angela Kerins and Frank Flannery. He had absolutely nothing to do with their resignations. I take on board their compliments to the ex-Commissioner-----