Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

This House set up these tribunals and we gave them terms of reference. We took on people to serve on them. At the time it was not that easy to get some people to move from their positions to take up that work. The tribunals have gone on for a long time. I believe those on the tribunals would say that under their terms of reference these were matters they had to look into and investigate, and they are doing that. We have to deal with these matters in that way and see them through.

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