Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Will the Taoiseach agree to Deputy O'Dowd's request? If there is litigation on this issue, as there might be, is it not the case that all these documents will be discovered to the court in any such action? Would it not be better for the Taoiseach to instruct that the papers be laid in the Library so Members could study them?

I have listened to the Taoiseach's very benign interpretation of the Quigley report. Are we not talking about a very large amount of taxpayers' money? The person in the eye of this storm did not have the remotest experience commensurate with the level of fees being commanded. Her employment as a political adviser would have been more appropriate, perhaps with a dimension of public relations and marketing skills.

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