Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

In the context of ethics and the code of conduct as it stands at present, would the Taoiseach feel comfortable if the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, met a group of people informally either in or outside Ireland to talk to them about the economy, how the State is doing and where he sees the economy going during the next 12 months and at the end of the meeting the group had a whip-around and gave him €10,000 which he took away as a personal gift? Would the Taoiseach be comfortable if any other Minister so behaved?

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