Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I am answering the Deputy. If he is ever lucky enough to serve at Cabinet level in the future, he might find himself in a position where whatever Department he serves in is given responsibility of a sub-committee to deal with particular issues. In this case, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources will deal with questions in so far as the tribunal per se is concerned. I am prepared to answer questions in respect of the party I lead and its fundraising activities in so far as the Moriarty tribunal is concerned.

The Moriarty tribunal is very clear in a number of respects. It makes it perfectly clear that the Members of the current Government who sat around that Cabinet table have been completely exonerated in respect of the decision to award the licences concerned.

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