Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No terms of reference have yet been generated. We will have a commission of inquiry because, in general, it is in the public interest to have one at this point because the issue is so confused and there are so many allegations flying around. We have seen BBC programmes, Garda inquiries, inquiries by criminal bureaux in the United Kingdom, the inquiry by the Committee of Public Accounts, the Comptroller and Auditor General's report and the SIPO inquiry. There comes a point when one just cannot continue processing in the fora we have available. If the matter must be clarified, there is provision under the law for the establishment of judicial inquiries. Let it commence and let the chips fall where they will.