Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

The motive for many of Fine Gael's more lurid statements is to reinforce such an impression. Fine Gael is seeking to portray the questions posed by the tribunal's counsel, which are based on allegations made by Mr. Gilmartin, as evidence in themselves. When the tribunal's counsel asks a question, Fine Gael quotes it as a tribunal finding. The exhaustive and repetitive nature of some of the counsel's questioning, which seems to be a departure from the methodology employed by the tribunal in its earlier stages, is compounding this impression.

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