Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If the Deputy reads the report he will find, both in respect of the meeting on the Monday and on the Tuesday, that the commission of investigation points out a difference of recollection by people who were at the meeting. The important point is that 16 months later a learned Supreme Court Judge goes through all of that evidence, which was given on oath to the best of people's ability, and draws his conclusions and findings, as per the terms of reference given to him by the Government. The interim report that we referred to today pointed to two elements of that aspect that were requested of me from an all-party Oireachtas committee, which I complied with completely. I asked that the judge would deal with that, which he did and requested that he would produce an interim report on both of those issues before the main report.

It is disquieting. It is disquieting also for Deputy Martin because he was party to wanting a commission of investigation, which I complied with and which the Government complied with. That is a statutory sworn commission of investigation. When the justice wrote to me and said that he would not be able or did not intend to produce his report on an interim basis until after the Bailey case was dealt with, Deputy Martin said that this should be challenged.

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