Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

That runs to well more than €100 billion. A previous incumbent who stood in this spot said that Deputy Adams and his party were in possession of knowledge about the Northern Bank raid some years ago. We did not have much information about that from Deputy Adams. Perhaps now that he is a Member of this House he will deal with those serious amounts of money when he contributes next week to the debate on the Moriarty report.

I have asked the Government Whip to meet the other Whips to ensure there is a real opportunity for all Members to contribute to the debate. We will have questions at the end of it. I note that the report's recommendations, at 62-04, refers to the fact that one of the most significant contributions was the donation of $50,000 by Esat Digifone via Telenor to Fine Gael in 1995. That donation was unwelcome to the party and was rejected by the party leader. At section 6-23 - and I remind Deputy Martin that he has accepted the findings of the report - it is stated that the meetings that I and Deputy Bruton, as Ministers, had with Mr. O'Brien were "perfunctory encounters" and that "neither Minister in any event played any part in the decision taken by Government at the conclusion of the GSM process". If Deputy Martin accepts the findings of the report then I hope he is man enough in his statements outside the House to accept its findings in respect of the activities and participation of the members of that Cabinet who are represented in this Government. Those findings are very clear.

From that perspective I hope we can have a real debate on this matter next week unlike, as I said, in the case of the first Moriarty report-----

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