Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

The Dalton report accompanied the leaks which took place over the weekend, the medical consultancy report to pre-empt the programme and the Taoiseach's climbdown on decentralisation. I raised this issue in the House several times and was informed by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, who appears to regard the issue as risible, that it was not possible to publish the Dalton report on the advice of the Attorney General. The report was circulated to the parties to give them prior sight of it. The chairman of Bord na gCon, Paschal Taggart, stated on the radio yesterday that he had not received a copy of the report.

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