Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I second Senator McDowell's amendment to the Order of Business.

Garda Sergeant Jerry McCabe and his wife, Lorraine, have been vilified and demonised. A terrible travesty has happened to them. I do not intend to use my time here in the Senate to carry out some sort of tribunal. This afternoon I sat in the Dáil Gallery and watched the Taoiseach announce a public tribunal of inquiry, further to a robust parliamentary process from all sides of the House. I think that was welcome. It is democracy at its best to see all parties stand up and question the Taoiseach. At the end of the day there is now a commitment to have a public tribunal of inquiry. It behoves everybody, particularly those in the Houses of the Oireachtas to let that work take its course.