Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

All of this ran into the sand. These are very serious issues. The bottom line is that there simply must be a commission of inquiry into these matters of grave public concern. The Minister did not answer the questions I asked her. Does she not think the Minister should come here today and address the House on the gravity of the assertions and allegations that have been made? The House is being treated with contempt on this issue. There has been silence about this transcript and the issues contained it for the last two weeks and there has been a minimalist response from the Minister, so far, in respect of these very serious issues matters. Does the Minister, Deputy Burton, not agree that he should come to the House to exonerate the whistleblower and withdraw the misleading remarks he made about his not co-operating with a Garda inquiry? All of that is wrong, and if the Minister cannot see that it is a significant indictment of her and her judgment.

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