Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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I just looked this up. This was covered in the media on 14 February. The Irish Times reported, “Mr Donnelly was adamant was that none of the funds [the €500 million] would go towards claims made by BAM.” I do not think that statement can be stood over. That is just absolute garbage. As a committee we should write to the Minister and tell him to withdraw this. He was either playing games or he is ignorant. This committee has shown that that is the most ridiculous statement the Minister has probably ever said. Obviously a component of the extra €500 million - I would suggest a large component of it - has to be the settling of claims. “Mr Donnelly was adamant that none of the funds would go towards claims made by BAM.”