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

That is the device being used by the Minister. Given the gravity of the issue - we are about to debate the establishment of a commission of inquiry - it is extraordinary that there would not be questions and answers on this issue, that the Minister would not volunteer to take questions on this issue, and that we would not get notice of this. In the past, people would have gone before committees. Is it envisaged that the Department of Finance will be going before any committee to shed further light on an extraordinary situation? One can see in the first half of the Minister's reply the very categoric statements made-----

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