Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

The basis of the Deputy's question is that he attributes credibility to the WikiLeaks document.

If Members have not read the Wikileaks document, it is interesting in that one of the authorities quoted on this is the Leader of Seanad Éireann, a member of my party.

As I said earlier to the Deputy, it is not credible to suggest that we could give more credibility to the conspiracy theory he is propagating here. All of the evidence is contrary to his assertions.

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