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

-----has gone to every length to have these matters explored and investigated. He now fears this will never happen. My question is this. Given the serious nature of these allegations against named persons and, perhaps, the more serious allegation that there was a connivance to avoid or even to cover up the exposure of these matters, and given that the Committee of Public Accounts is not permitted to investigate these matters, what does the Taoiseach propose to do? These are serious allegations. Will the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, allow the person in question to complete his investigation? Or will the Taoiseach and Government, given the seriousness of these allegations, propose another mechanism for the full examination of these issues, for the full examination of agencies of the State who in the view of the -----

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