Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I apologise to Deputy White. Deputy Sargent said the Taoiseach taking money from businesses and businessmen was completely inappropriate and improper, unethical and wrong. We know from last week's vote that the Green Party has adopted a vow of silence on this matter. Today's Daily Mail refers to a written agreement made by the Taoiseach with the Green Party's negotiating team that he would resign if the tribunal found he had taken bribes — which claim I do not make against him — had not co-operated with the tribunal or that his evidence was unreliable. Why was it wrong for Mr. Haughey to accept money and not wrong for the Taoiseach? Why is there a different standard, in view of the Taoiseach's words to the House? Can the Taoiseach confirm that the Green Party negotiated an agreement with him on the basis of waiting for the tribunal to conclude its findings and of his resigning if he were found to be guilty of any of the three matters I cited in the fact finding conclusions of the tribunal.

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