Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The amendment put down by the Government side is at variance with what Senator Conway has just spoken about, however. It states “there is no compelling evidence that this sector requires the introduction of regulations to govern the conduct of receivers”. There was the case of Paul O’Shea in County Kildare where the receivers had Alsatian dogs and wore balaclavas. This was reminiscent of what the RIC, Royal Irish Constabulary, did when it evicted people 100 years ago.