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Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is a very serious matter. The Taoiseach could make the effort to rise in his seat and give us some indication of what he will do to address the problem.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is no wonder there is no adherence to the contract requirements when there is absolutely no accountability.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On behalf of the Sinn Féin Deputies, I oppose this motion of confidence in the Minister for Defence, Deputy Willie O'Dea. We have no confidence in the Minister and no confidence in this Government. Dogged by the controversy, the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government has swiftly introduced its own motion of confidence in the Minister. It is a desperate effort to head off the issue and reduce...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach and his Fianna Fáil and Green Party colleagues in Government have further shredded their already tattered credibility by fully backing the Minister. They are parroting his ludicrous and blatantly false defence that this was a personal matter between him as a private citizen and another private citizen of Limerick. In the Dáil yesterday the Taoiseach repeated this when he...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He went on to say: ... the Minister was acting in a private capacity. It was not in pursuance of his ministerial duties that this issue arose. It is true that the Minister was acting. He was acting the maggot, as is his well-established inclination. Let us take a look at the facts behind this story. They are, of course, totally different from the assertions made in the Taoiseach's vain...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Even if one were to accept the Minister's original affidavit to the High Court, which he admitted was false, the Minister would still have a serious case to answer because of his false allegations that were published in the Limerick Chronicle - not to mention the even more serious charges which were not published but which he did utter and which were recorded on tape. This was totally...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister in his affidavit defended his allegation concerning the brothel. He asserted: "I say and believe that I was fully entitled to raise this issue in my capacity as an elected public representative to whom enquiries and concerns about the existence of this brothel had been expressed by a number of constituents."

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Let there be no pretence that this was a personal matter and that Deputy O'Dea was acting as anything other than a Deputy and a Minister. Everyone knows that he is the face of the Government in Limerick and the entire mid-west region. Faced with this outrageous defamation, Maurice Quinlivan sought an injunction in the High Court to prevent the Minister from repeating his false statements....

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He has abused the democratic system and the courts and should resign. His continuing defence of the indefensible and the efforts of his Fianna Fáil and Green Party colleagues clearly underscore the fact that his position is untenable, as is that of the Government.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: These are the facts, but he is not happy facing them. Much has been made by the Minister and the Taoiseach of the terms of the settlement in the defamation action on 21 December as if they exonerate the Minister. They do no such thing. Clearly, Maurice Quinlivan accepted the legal advice he was given, having secured the vindication of his good name and the withdrawal by the Minister of the...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister must also answer to the people in his role as a public officeholder who is supposed to be a servant of the people and to uphold the highest standards in all matters. How can the people have confidence in a Cabinet Minister who has acted in this way? How can the people of Limerick have confidence in such a Minister who has also presided over record unemployment in the mid-west...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We may all need to wait for the Green Party, with respect to the Minister, Deputy Ryan, whose entrance into the Chamber was the most reluctant that I have witnessed in a long time. He skipped off quickly, but seems to have been sent back in again, by whom only goodness knows, as he needed to return to his seat.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It was not a bulb that went off in his head outside in the corridor. Someone told him to get back in there and to stick his ass back in his seat. That is what he has had to do.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We must wait until the Green Party Members are eventually smoked out of the political bunker in which they are hiding or until someone on the backbenches-----

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----of Fianna Fáil finds a conscience and speaks out regarding this outrageous matter.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Otherwise, our unfortunate country will have much more to undergo if Fianna Fáil and the Green Party are allowed to continue to the bitter end of their term of office. For the record, no length of time after a recent directive from the office of the Ceann Comhairle concerning appropriate language by Members of this House, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That was one of the words that he was told was not acceptable.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is absolutely typical of what the Minister will resort to.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not only Deputy O'Dea. The Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, can add himself to the whole mish mash this afternoon.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister can throw all the muck he likes.