Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In time, Deputy Martin will have to stand over that. I have made this clear on the public record of Dáil Éireann, as is my responsibility. I have said it quite openly and candidly and I have told the truth, although Deputy Martin might not be familiar with the truth. I have said publicly, on the record, that the revelations made to me by the Attorney General arising from the particular case of an unsolved murder in west Cork and the implications of the recordings made at Garda stations for many years were of grave concern to me. I put on the record that it was my duty and my responsibility to have those concerns brought to the attention of the former Garda Commissioner because I would have to inform the Cabinet the following morning of those concerns and anxieties. I am well aware of the legislation regarding the removal of a person of the stature of Garda Commissioner. Deputy Martin has made a charge in this House and he is going to have to stand over it. He will not be able to, with the way he is going about it.

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