Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Essentially this is in a field where the Tánaiste has very close connections. He has outlined that to us. He would obviously pay attention to an organisation that he was going to use in trying to sell a document. He would surely know that this was a basket case at this stage. That will not come as a surprise to the vast majority of people. I think it was in the public domain that there had been resignations and a range of other problems. What could possibly have been gained in an organisation that was publicly known to be in such difficulty? In the field that the Tánaiste has a particular expertise, surely he would be more than paying attention to that area. Given that he would have friends and acquaintances in those organisations, surely he would have known that it was in such difficulty.

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