Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----that are very serious in respect of alleged tax evasion by named individuals who are household names from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Progressive Democrats, it is not for me to prejudge. Those are merely allegations.

I asked the Taoiseach a different set of questions that I believe he should answer and that he is in a position to answer. He does not need legal advice and he does not need the Committee of Public Accounts to guide him on these matters. The Minister has briefed the Taoiseach on the dossier.

What I want is for the Taoiseach to tell this House whether he believes Mr. Ryan, the brave whistleblower, as the Taoiseach has acknowledged, when he says his investigation was subject to sustained political obstruction. That is what the man claims. Does the Taoiseach believe him when he says that the former Tánaiste, Mary Harney, shut down his investigation when information emerged around these public figures? Finally, does the Taoiseach accept, as Mr. Ryan believes, that the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, was part and parcel of that pattern of political obstruction? They are the questions for the Taoiseach.

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