Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Is a copy of the code of conduct available in the Oireachtas Library for Members to read the rules of the code as they currently obtain?

I note the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, apologised to a lady in Limerick for remarks he made. I am sure the Taoiseach accepts that this is the proper response from the Minister who therefore must have said something akin to what was reported. We have dealt with the motion of confidence in the Taoiseach and he has had some exposure to more forensic questioning than I have an opportunity to ask him in the House.

The regulations and rules are different now. When the Taoiseach was Minister for Finance, persons known to him made financial contributions to him. Even now does the Taoiseach accept that, as Minister for Finance, the highest ranking Minister besides the Taoiseach, the acceptance of this kind of contribution was wrong? Does he accept that such conduct was completely unbecoming for a serving Minister, despite whatever pressures they may experience? I ask the Taoiseach to comment, given that we are at a remove from the glare of intense coverage that was recently applied to him?

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