Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

——so that the Taoiseach will not need to be present in the House again for five weeks to answer questions on the matter as when the Dáil meets on the week after next the Taoiseach will be attending a European Council meeting. I want to put the Taoiseach on notice that we will require a full Dáil debate on the matter in the House and not behind closed doors at some private committee.

What preliminary steps need to be taken, as referred to in the Government's report this evening? What advice did the Attorney General give that necessitated the further delay in publication of the report? Will the Opposition leaders be given a copy of the report, bound or unbound, this evening so that the Taoiseach can attend the House tomorrow morning and answer questions on this scandalous affair?

See this speech in context