Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have said that it would have been better if at the time Deputy Niall Collins had left the meeting and not participated but it is clear that officials brought that proposal to the local electoral area committee. I am trying to be fair and balanced and I will not pre-judge it like the Deputy does. It was at the 2008 meeting, well over a year and a half later, that the land was formally disposed of by the full council when Deputy Niall Collins was not even a member. It was an open sales process that was totally transparent with different bids and so on, apparently, and the land was then sold. In her own right, his wife is entitled - I do not think we should cast aspersions on any individual or any woman who goes forward on the open market and purchases a property.

I did not engage in bluff earlier.

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