Estimates for Public Services 2020
Dail Éireann — 2020-07-07
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

Commissions of investigation are important. The Deputy says we need more control. That is within our hands. The minute one exercises control one is interfering. The minute a Taoiseach of the day says to a tribunal that he or she will cut its resources or undermine it, the charge will come from the other side of the House that the Taoiseach is interfering and undermining an independent tribunal. I say to everybody in the House that we need to be careful when we instinctively call for inquiry after inquiry after inquiry. There are difficulties. The Deputy is correct to note that there are real difficulties with the length of time that this has taken.

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Sitting date: 2020-07-07