Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is the first time Deputy Martin has accused me of being a liar in here and of using some perception of authority to remove people from office. I deplore what he is suggesting absolutely. The position is that the Dáil was going to meet this week to deal with the question of the remarks by the former Garda Commissioner at the Committee of Public Accounts and the remarks made by the Minister for Justice and Equality here in the House. When I was informed on Sunday of the potential gravity of this situation, was I to come in here this week and pretend I was not informed about it formally by the Attorney General? Was I to sit here in silence-----

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