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Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Yes, and today we are dealing with its consequences.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach and Ministers repeatedly stated that when the so-called mistake of the Minister for Defence was brought to his attention he apologised to the injured party and acted in good faith.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: This is the only opportunity I will have to do so today.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle does not want to hear what I have to say. I am not speaking under Standing Order 32 but in opposition to the Order of Business. The Taoiseach, the Head of Government who lays down standards for acceptance to members of his Cabinet, stated on Tuesday that there are standards he expects a person to show when an error is made, that the person should admit to the mistake,...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: These are the words of the Taoiseach. I want you, a Cheann Comhairle, to understand that in the past hour-----

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I quoted the Taoiseach's words. In the past 60 minutes, the aggrieved person, speaking on national radio, stated that far from offering an immediate and fulsome apology, the offer of the Minister for Defence was unapologetic. He further suggested that the eventual apology was in effect dragged out of the Minister kicking and screaming. This revelation-----

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I want to ask the Tánaiste, the deputy head of Government, a question before I tell the Ceann Comhairle whether I will go along with the Order of Business.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I note a Member of the Green Party is leaving the Chamber.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: He stated on radio this morning that the Minister for Defence was ethically wrong.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Does the Tánaiste believe it is ethically wrong for a Cabinet Minister to make a sworn affidavit which is false?

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I will but I want the Tánaiste to answer my question.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Which item are we on, a Cheann Comhairle? You have not finished the Order of Business.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I have two questions for the Tánaiste. First, does she believe it was ethically correct for the Minister for Defence knowingly to submit a sworn affidavit to the High Court which he knew to be false?

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I have had enough of that. This is a matter of standards.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste is the deputy Head of Government. I want to know whether she is of the opinion that it was ethically correct for the Minister for Defence to submit a false affidavit to the High Court for political gain.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is all over the public airwaves.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I have some years annual service in this House and have seen various shades of this issue being raised in Governments over the years. I am entitled to raise a question like this on the Order of Business. I am not making any grievous charge against anybody. I am asking the Tánaiste if she considers that it was ethically correct for the Minister for Defence to submit a sworn affidavit to...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----the statement made by the leader of the Green Party, the Minister, Deputy Gormley, on 24 February 2007 that his party in government would introduce the "strictest ethical standards ever seen in this country".

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Does the Tánaiste believe that what the Minister, Deputy O'Dea, did was ethically correct?

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I concluded my contribution on that point by asking the Tánaiste a question. I hope the Ceann Comhairle will allow her to answer it. It requires a simple "Yes" or "No" answer. Does she believe it was ethically correct for the Minister for Defence to submit a sworn affidavit which he knew to be false?