Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Can I take you to the issue of political donations, Mr. Mulryan, which is dealt with on page 18 of your statement? And it's 020 on the system. So it shows donations to public reps, or parties, from the 2001 to 2008 and, by my calculations, the amounts add up to about €128,000 over eight years. And there's a breakdown by party, and it show Fianna Fáil receiving 55.5% of donations. Can you explain why Fianna Fáil received so many donations? Was it because of any leaning you might have had yourself politically, because the party was in power, or to strengthen the Oireachtas? Can you just------
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