Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

In the ten minutes available to me, I certainly will not be able to cover the multiple issues that arise from the whole Siteserv-IBRC debacle in the necessary sort of forensic detail. I assure Deputy Regina Doherty that I hope to look at the issues in a reasoned manner.

Whatever about the use of language, to mention the context of the Moriarty tribunal, the adverse findings in relation to Denis O'Brien and his relationship with a former Fine Gael Minister is relevant to this, particularly given that no action was taken subsequent to the Moriarty tribunal, when we were possibly talking about criminal activity. That is a serious issue and is not playing politics. It is one that must be addressed. The failure of the Government to act on the findings of the Moriarty tribunal raises very serious questions connected with this matter.

I pay tribute to Deputy Catherine Murphy for pursuing this matter. It raises serious questions about the Government’s responsiveness to parliamentary questions and issues raised by parliamentarians about this and other matters and whether the Government’s attitude was to deliberately not pursue the matter, to obfuscate, to cover up or not respond at all as it should do. It has been dragged kicking and screaming over four years to finally launch the investigation that should have been launched in 2012.

I am sorry the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Donohoe, has left the Chamber because this raises serious questions generally about the Government’s attitude to parliamentary questions and serious issues of concern. To give one example which the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport might consider, I have asked 50 questions or more about Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company-----

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