Garda disciplinary dispute
The Deputy Leader accepts the amendment to bring forward Senator MacSharry’s business and says comments on the ongoing Garda disciplinary hearing should remain limited.
We would all like to be associated with the Cathaoirleach's tribute to Mr. Jimmy Walsh. A number of us took the opportunity to wish him well yesterday.
Senator Marc MacSharry has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business in respect of No. 16, his Private Members' Bill. I am accepting the amendment. He also referred to the row between the Minister for Justice and Equality and the GRA and the AGSI. As Senator Paul Coghlan said, a disciplinary hearing is under way today in respect of the four sergeants; therefore, any direct comment is inappropriate. All of us, however, hope the row does not escalate further. The idea of an apology and an invitation from the GRA to the Minister to its AGM, as Deputy Collins suggested, is a good one.
