Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

These are allegations that the tribunal has always forensically pursued by following the money trail. Those approaches that have been adopted by the tribunal are tried and tested and they have been used frequently in other investigations. The onus is on people to produce credible explanations of where huge unexplained sums arrive in their accounts. That is the onus that has to be explained. We have seen the explanations that have come forward. We have seen the failure to provide full documentary evidence to the tribunal when requested. We have seen the Taoiseach having to be drawn into a public open hearing because he did not co-operate in the earlier phases of the investigation. That is what has happened and there is no getting away from that. That has undermined people's credibility in this Taoiseach. That is why I believe now is the time for the Taoiseach——

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