Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

How many copies of the PricewaterhouseCoopers report were delivered to his Department? When was a copy of the report given to the Taoiseach? Did he get a separate copy of the report? The world is in a financial crisis, as is our country. The Minister has plenty of advisers to brief him, but the buck stops with him. Does he think it is credible that he did not read every one of those 720 pages? There is no excuse for him not to have done so, because that is what he is paid to do. Regardless of the personal pressure that was on him at a time of crisis, the Minister did not do his job. He has brought his position as Minister for Finance into absolute disrepute. As a result, does he not think he should consider his position as a member of the Government?

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