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

The Taoiseach is anything but clear this morning. No one could decipher anything from what he is saying. If the Taoiseach had turned on "Morning Ireland" this morning and heard the political correspondent, Ms Martina Fitzgerald, he would have heard that the Government was bringing this memo to Cabinet today and that this was going to be announced today. By the end of "Morning Ireland" the Labour Party was rushing in some news that they had been told nothing about this.

The first question I asked the Taoiseach was if the Labour Party Ministers were told in advance about the details of the Minister, Deputy Hogan's, memo before it was circulated to the media. The memo was circulated to the media and it should be published now in deference to this House and the public. The public are being treated with absolute contempt regarding this matter. They are not that concerned about passing some corporate market test that the Taoiseach is going on about.

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