Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Labour Party tells us it must be satisfied in relation to the timelines. When stripped down, this means that it does not matter what the Minister, Deputy Shatter, did or did not do once he did so or did not do so within the timelines mentioned. For example, the Minister has told us that it took four months from the time the Attorney General received the information for it to be reported to the Taoiseach. The clear implication is that if the Minister happened to be wrong and timeline in that regard only took three months then the Labour Party might have a problem with that. What a pathetic position.

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