Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

With respect, and through the Chair, if I stood up when I was a Minister and said I was going to reform An Garda Síochána and brought a memorandum to the Cabinet saying that, and then a debate on An Garda Síochána took place in the following days in Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann, and I went in and said that Members would find out in the fullness of time what my proposals are when I table a Bill or send the heads of a Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny – it did not exist in those days-----