Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Since Deputy Rabbitte is intimating that there were divisions between the Minister, me and the Attorney General when everyone knows that was not the case, I will again repeat that it was this Government and not the Opposition which identified the solution to the impasse which existed during this period, namely, the enactment of legislation to enable a tribunal to hold part of its proceedings in private to avoid possible prejudice, which was a difficulty. The then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy O'Donoghue——

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