Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I was in a radio studio at the time and happened to speak to the Minister who had kindly contacted me shortly after 7 a.m. It was not a matter for discussion then. One would expect to find evidence in a Department as important as the Department of the Taoiseach, given that it was an issue of such economic significance and has been the cause of financial stress for so many since, but there is no file. Who said what? What evidence was given to my predecessor? What was the evidence given to the people who attended the meetings? Was the rationale applied by members of the Government to the evidence in order that an incorporeal decision could be taken? There is no file which I find quite extraordinary.

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