Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

——from that tribunal and the fact that lawyers for some reason or another were not willing to act for the McBreartys when other lawyers were willing to act for other people in similar circumstances will not affect the fairness or the validity of the tribunal's findings. I have said on a number of occasions in this House, and I repeat it, that I am not for turning on this issue. It would be wrong for me to do so. It would be extremely unfair to some people against whom I have taken exactly the same stance who do not have public sympathy on their side.

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