Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

Am I not entitled to ask the Tánaiste questions on the Order of Business? In the context of the presence of the Minister for Finance, I ask the Tánaiste to indicate what are the arrangements for the publication and making available to Opposition spokespersons of the contents of the two reports on the banking inquiry. I was astonished, on opening the Irish Independent this morning, to find Mr. Fitzpatrick, who has featured in the affairs of the destruction of the economics of the country and Anglo Irish Bank, declaring on the front page that his day will come and that he will be able to speak freely and will be cleared of all wrongdoing. Has Mr. Fitzpatrick been given a copy of the reports which have not been given to the House and Opposition spokespersons?

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