Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

This report will not be allowed to gather dust. It has been published after 13 years and I welcome it. At the appropriate time there will be ample opportunity for the Members of the House to give their views on the report based on their analyses of it. I understand there are between four and six cases before either the High Court or the Supreme Court arising from proceedings leading to the publication of the report.

Government is about all the people and about not leaving people behind. Everybody shares that view. The bridge between government and the people that has been broken down for a long time must be rebuilt and that can only be done in the context of people seeing that the Government is serious and means business in the interests of the people. The Minister for Justice and Law Reform has already commented on white collar crime and I share his intention to have legislation brought before the House in respect of that matter as quickly as possible.

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