Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have set out the position in reply to other Deputies and also in a lengthy debate last night on a motion put down by the Fianna Fáil party, and we set it out in full. I have issued a legal instruction to the special liquidators to carry out a review. I have dealt with the concern about conflicts of interest by appointing a retired High Court judge to monitor and advise on any perceived or actual conflicts of interest. That process has now commenced. I am certainly not getting into a position of carrying out a parallel inquiry here in the Dáil in reply to allegations, but I will put this to the House. There is not a single allegation being made that is not based on information that I put before the Dáil. We have given full information both in reply to parliamentary questions and freedom of information requests. The information given by the Department of Finance and by me is the basis of everything that has been said, so to accuse me of not giving full information is a pretty ridiculous charge in that context.

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