Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is fine. Mr. Kelly has held that narrative and line all day. Adrian Lynch said the negotiations were stalled and when this was put on the table, it progressed things on. I will put this to Mr. Tubridy. In here, Ministers blaming officials and turning to their officials does not wash because the buck stops with them and they resign if there is a cock up. In The Irish Timeslast week, Finton O'Toole described Mr. Kelly not as Mr. Tubridy's Father Confessor but as his attack dog, and it was the conscience of the client as to whether the dog was called off. When he was being paid a basic salary of €440,000, why did Mr. Tubridy look for that last pound of flesh and these add-ons to make sure that the contract was signed?