Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I should not have to, but I will, remind Deputy Sargent that the Attorney General does not prosecute criminal cases. Since 1975 it is the Director of Public Prosecutions. That change was made 30 years ago, so the basis of his argument is incorrect.

This is the second time in this debate today that Members have stated what the Minister, Deputy O'Donoghue, did at the time. They know that, on the record, just prior to the section they quote from, he made it absolutely clear that he had not seen——

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