Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

There are many ways to do so and this is one of them. It may well be that on an occasion we might try to raise this issue here but the Tánaiste might not be in attendance. I asked him did he ever receive a payment for a function he attended at which he spoke as a Minister or does he know of any Minister who received such payment?

The statement he issued yesterday, in his capacity as Tánaiste, leaves the scales of justice unevenly balanced. He seems to have a difficulty in determining whether the Taoiseach was right or wrong in accepting €50,000 and a further €12,000 for a speaking engagement in Manchester.

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