Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I ask the Taoiseach to check his records and confirm whether this was mentioned in the daily bulletin to him, as Taoiseach, from the communications unit. This was public information, given that it had been broadcast and that subsequent media reports referred to the decision, the withdrawal and an admission by a member of the Cabinet that he had submitted a false affidavit to the High Court. He is not just a Joe Soap. He is a constitutional officeholder and a member of the Taoiseach's Cabinet.

It is more than two months since this matter would have been brought to the Taoiseach's attention by the communications unit. Either we are discussing blatant neglect of responsibility or the Taoiseach's usually sharp memory has slipped somewhat. Will the Taoiseach confirm that he will examine the bulletin of 21 December given to him by the information unit to verify whether it contained this information? This is a matter of standards, trust, belief and national importance at a time of great depression.

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