Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

They would have accused us of delaying access to the full facts. They would have accused the Minister of trying to bury the facts and trying to push the decisions well into the future. They cannot have it both ways. What the Minister has chosen to do, quite reasonably and correctly, is to pursue the best avenue designed to provide an assessment of the issues of concern, which are legitimately presented for scrutiny as every matter should be in an open and public fashion, and to put that into the public domain, with every concern addressed as speedily and thoroughly as possible.

I ask that we await the report and that when we see it, we assess it on its merits. That is what the Government will do, in an open and transparent manner. There should be no rush to judgment and less innuendo. If issues arise from the publication of the special liquidator's report when it is publicly presented to the people of Ireland and to these Houses, the Minister for Finance, as he has proven for four years, will ensure they are dealt with comprehensively and properly.

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