Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Last week The Ditchpublished an article on the business interests of Sinn Féin's finance director. He is more than a mere employee; he is one of the eight grey eminences who manage the Sinn Féin Party, North and South. He was the executor of the estate of William Hampton, the Englishman who left millions of pounds to Sinn Féin in the Republic of Ireland, only for the money to turn up in the accounts of Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland. It is a murky story of planning irregularities, substandard rental properties and cash businesses. It comes one week after it was reported that SIPO was examining irregularities in Sinn Féin's accounts in the order of hundreds of thousands of euro, according to an independent forensic accountant. I agree with Deputy Farrell that it is high time the president and the treasurer of Sinn Féin made a statement in the House to clear up this matter. It is far too serious for the House to ignore.

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