Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Who is telling the truth and who is telling the untruths or have we reached the stage where we are unable to see the distinction? Either Deputy Flynn has an agreement with the Taoiseach or she does not.

Why did the Taoiseach feel it necessary to intervene in the extraordinary fashion in which he did, including holding out the prospect of office to this Deputy who was expelled from the parliamentary party and the Fianna Fáil Party? How, for example, must Deputy Séan Ardagh feel given his service in this House and the distinction with which he served as a committee chairman? Following the Taoiseach's extraordinary intervention, despite three years of stasis in regard to this case on the part of RTE, RTE suddenly settled the case. The Taoiseach has told Deputy Kenny that is a coincidence.

Will the Taoiseach lay the agreements before the House? Is Deputy Flynn publicly telling an untruth when she says she has a deal with the Taoiseach? Can we see the terms of that deal? Can the Taoiseach explain the coincidence between RTE quickly settling this case and his extraordinary intervention?

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