Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sure the Ceann Comhairle will acknowledge the passing of our former colleague and Minister, Joe Walsh. Our thoughts on this, the day of his funeral, are with his wife, Marie, and his family. I know there will be time again to recognise his immense contribution to Irish public life.

A senior civil servant has submitted a dossier to the Committee of Public Accounts and to members of the committee under the new Protected Disclosures Act 2014. The allegations reported to be contained within the dossier are serious and they deserve to be treated as such. While I understand the Taoiseach may be constrained in commenting on the specific allegations, it is important that we discuss the timeline of events since the allegations were first made a number of years ago. Will he confirm that the allegations contained in the dossier were originally referred to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, the Revenue Commissioners and the tribunals that were in place at the time in 2005? Will he also confirm again to the House the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation's statement this morning that the full dossier as presented to the Committee of Public Accounts has been referred to the appropriate authorities today? Will he outline which authorities received the most up-to-date dossier under the current disclosure?

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