David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Last week on the Order of Business, I proposed that the motion to set up the terms of reference for the commission of inquiry into the findings of the Guerin report into Garda malpractice in the Cavan-Monaghan area should not be taken without debate. I also sought to debate the matter in this House and suggested that there should have been a debate in the Dáil as well. Since then, of course, we have had claims from the Ceann Comhairle that the Opposition were out to undermine him. He has withdrawn some of that and clarified his remarks somewhat, but it was still a serious claim for him to make on national radio.