It is very disappointing that my colleagues across the aisle are spending so much time trying to bring down an honourable, honest, hardworking and reforming Minister-----

He has undermined the Garda and the Commissioner.

-----and now they are trying to cast aspersions on the Attorney General. We all appreciate that the Minister inherited some significant level of dysfunction, as we have seen not only from the issues that have arisen in recent times but from the many serious issues that have arisen during the past four decades. What politicians should be doing at this time is discussing the shape of the structures needed to be put in place to restore confidence in the justice system and the Garda.

A new Minister.

The general public does not want this charade; it wants the structures of inquiry put in place to be allowed to work and come to their conclusions. My colleagues across the aisle in Fianna Fáil are out of touch with the people. That is obvious from the opinion polls published at the weekend which show there is no increase in support for their good selves.

You are doing fierce well also - you are down 5%.

They are down 5%.

Does Senator Michael Mullins have a question for the Leader?

The Senator's party need not worry about us, he has enough to be worrying about.