Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach will recall that I strolled across to him and told him of the seriousness of the situation in which half a billion had gone missing, a robust inquiry was needed and the First Minister was resisting it. He should also check with his Department, but I think it was Deputy Mary Lou McDonald who conveyed to the Taoiseach's Department the deputy First Minister's intention to put in a letter of resignation with a seven-day stay on it. I would like to hear some constructive remarks from the Fianna Fáil leader. Allegations of corruption and fraud were coming from within the DUP and the Minister responsible was refusing to countenance the sort of inquiry which would be proper in those circumstances. Should Martin McGuinness not have resigned? Should he have done what the leader of Fianna Fáil did for 14 years, just ignored these things and gone about his business?

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