Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

He ignored the advice he received on the damage it would cause. He repeatedly sought to hide the information and to prevent it coming before the House. It was a disgraceful performance in terms of a Government that has trumpeted transparency in respect of more information that is allegedly supposed to come before the House.

I asked in May and June, during Leaders' Questions, if the Taoiseach sought and received legal advices and, if so, if he would lay those advices before the House. It was mid-summer before we got that information through the Freedom of Information Act. The Taoiseach deliberately misled the Dáil and deliberately hid this information from the House because he did not want the truth to come out at the time.

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