Seanad
‹ Order of Business Criticism of Garda controversy debate
Summary
Senator Gilroy dismisses the Garda-related concern as political opportunism and says the House should instead focus on advancing the agreed bankruptcy legislation.
Senator Rónán Mullen is making a mountain out of a molehill. The photograph in question is a single photograph and the Garda Commissioner has expressed an opinion on it already; to try to generate further publicity out of it is disingenuous.
While we welcome Senator Thomas Byrne's contribution and his welcome for Deputy Willie Penrose's Bill which we hope will be on the Statute Book as soon as possible, it is naked political opportunism to seek to divide the House on a Bill on which we all agree. It is cynicism at its worst.