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Garda representative bodies’ criticism

Summary

Harte challenged Collins’s claim that the arrangements were working well, citing public criticism by Garda representative bodies. Collins denied that the associations had criticised him personally.

Seán Browne An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

Deputy Harte, a final supplementary.

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If the Minister says that the arrangements are now working well between his office and the Garda representative bodies, is the Minister saying that the Garda representative bodies when they speak publicly in criticism of the Minister are talking a lot of poppycock and inventing all of this?

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Might I say to the Deputy that he is so far off the mark there he does not even know what is or is not being said by the associations, that there has been no——

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The Minister is not listening——

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——personal criticism of me by any of the associations publicly or privately.

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Seán Browne An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

The remaining questions will appear on tomorrow's Order Paper.

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Nobody mentioned anything about the Minister personally.

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People out there know it.

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