John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The Green Party will support the motion and will express full confidence in the work of the tribunal. When the Green Party made the decision to enter Government last June, its members knew a process was in train and that the Taoiseach was due to give evidence to the Mahon tribunal. It has been our consistent line that we will await the outcome of that tribunal. It is important that the tribunal be allowed to conduct its work unimpeded and that no attempt is made to prejudge the outcome.

We are in Government to carry out a programme of work and we are delivering on that programme. We have increased fines for litter and water pollution, reversed rezoning decisions and, last week, I introduced new building regulations which will reduce carbon emissions by 40%.

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