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

The point I am making is this. Is the Taoiseach satisfied that the Government, and particularly the Minister for Finance, did everything it could to protect the taxpayer, given all of these questions? A separate memo also states, rather alarmingly, that officials had concerns about other large transactions under the aegis of IBRC. These were taxpayers' assets that were being disposed of. Will the Taoiseach initiate an inquiry into this - a proper inquiry to get to the bottom of it? It is important because it goes to the very heart of how the taxpayer was or is protected, or not protected, in terms of the sale of State assets and also in terms of the specific deal in question.

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