Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

I seek the Chair's guidance on this and would be careful on this issue. The tribunal is not answerable to the Government, but to the House. Therefore, the Government has not seen any report nor has it commented on a report. The proper processes and procedures will be followed to the nth degree. I will certainly not speculate on anything that may or may not have been, rightly or wrongly, in the newspapers. It is appropriate that we continue in the vein in which we have done for many a year and that the tribunal report will be made to the House. I would not care to comment on that matter.

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