Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. I do not know if there was anything wrong with this transaction, but it is clear from the number of questions raised on all sides of and outside the House that it warrants further investigation. It warrants an investigation with more credibility than KPMG can bring to the table. I am not going to reiterate the points my colleagues have made but for the life of me I cannot understand why the Minister for Finance and the Government are not prepared to put in place a credible alternative to investigate this matter.

The Minister and the Taoiseach have made many charges against my party over the last years. Terms like "axis of evil" and "golden circle" were used to good effect at a time when the country was challenged in a very particular way. The Government rode the crest of a wave on the back of those comments and platitudes.

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