Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

We are debating this motion because of a sinister and orchestrated attack on the integrity of the Mahon tribunal mounted by the Fianna Fáil Party just before Christmas. One by one, Fianna Fáil Ministers were queuing up to go on the airwaves to attack the way in which the Mahon tribunal was doing its work. I will get to some of the specific comments later but terms such as "bias", "unfair" and "acting outside its remit" were thrown at the tribunal in a desperate bid to distract the public from the evidence which was being given and to discredit the work of the tribunal.

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