Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and with which I strongly disagreed. Those who called for this tax haven to be stopped said nothing at all when we needed - in the worst way possible - everything we had after the financial crash and following and during Covid. When people quote from these situations, it is a good thing to tell the whole story so as not to confuse the public. Sometimes the public does get confused and might believe it. I happened to be in a position where I could confront said gentleman and his cohorts at the time but for some unknown reason the management of the situation at the time ensured that he escaped from potential cross questioning. There will be other times and I certainly have not forgotten it anyway.

Sadly, we were on our uppers at the end of the financial crash and this was the solution that some of these guys had. We should not forget that.

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