John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

When will the reports will be available? If they are not up to the standard required by the Minister, will he bring in outside consultants to follow up?

It is difficult to take a lecture from my friends on my right in Sinn Féin because they are not in a position to lecture Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Labour Party or any other party in the House. Sinn Féin's embrace of double standards on this issue is hard to take and is brass necked. Perhaps, as Deputy Billy Timmins stated, Sinn Féin is coming more and more into the democratic process. I hope it is and I hope it will continue down this road. As a member of Fianna Fáil who has tried to uphold the standards of people throughout the country for many years, I will not accept lectures from Sinn Féin. I hope the recommendations of the Mahon tribunal will be put in place as quickly as possible and we will not find ourselves in this position again.

In The Irish Times today Mr. Eoin O'Malley, who teaches politics at Dublin City University, wrote that Fianna Fáil is on the way out and is a dying party. He is probably in a very high-powered job and well paid and I say to him to go dance on somebody else's grave as Fianna Fáil will be here for quite a long time to come.

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