Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I was about to address that issue, about which Mr. Justice Charleton is well aware. Everyone who has been in contact with Mr. Justice O'Neill and every party to the tribunal has indicated he or she will co-operate fully. If anybody was to begin to disregard or try to interfere with the evidence that is needed for the tribunal of inquiry, that would be the most serious charge. The point raised by Deputy Howlin and others about preservation of evidence and so on is one of the reasons I am keen to establish the tribunal of inquiry speedily. The quicker Mr. Justice Charleton gets on with the work, the more protective it will be of the point the Deputy raised.

I can examine the issue of a section 25 direction but I believe Mr. Justice Charleton will work on that issue as soon as we establish the tribunal.

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