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

That is very strange as the Labour Party, while in opposition for years, would have railed against Cabinet confidentiality. It articulated strongly against it because it was too restrictive, it prevented inquiries and it was always used as a basis for not getting answers to questions. Now the Taoiseach is saying the Labour Party was conspiring with him to legislatively reinforce and re-embed Cabinet confidentiality, the Government was concerned about leaks from previous Cabinets and was determined that no member of the Cabinet should leak information. Laws were to be passed to ensure this would not happen. Is that what the Taoiseach is now saying? Was the Labour Party in favour of that? I doubt it very much. I would like to form a view that the Taoiseach did not know what he was doing. Clearly, he did.

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