Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The Minister was not dealing with a Garda file, he was dealing with a bogus application over a period, over the past few months. It is always the same here, something big happens in the height of summer and everybody then wants to forget about it. I was called on by all sides in this House some months ago to return to the House and deal with the issue of the Colombia Three. There were extended news briefs in the summer on the issue. However, now when the Minister takes——

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