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Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: On several occasions I have made my view known that I would like to see the report of the tribunal published as quickly as possible. If the Deputy checks the record, he will find that on umpteen occasions I asked from the other side of the House when we might expect to see production of the Moriarty tribunal report. I welcome the fact that it has now been published. Neither the Minister,...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: As I have said, our view was that it was opportune that this tribunal and others should be brought to a conclusion. My own view was that I would have liked the Moriarty tribunal, if it was going to continue, to be able to finish before the end of this year or some time like that. I am glad that it has been concluded and the report has been published. There was no question of Fine Gael...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I have referred to this on a number of occasions. I deplore the fact that - human nature being what it is - some people use and have used the privilege of being elected to this House for personal advancement as distinct from public service. I have a very fundamental view about that. The contribution that was raised by the late David Austin has been the subject of intensive discussion. I...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Fine Gael sought the advice of an eminent senior counsel on whether this contribution was relevant to the Moriarty tribunal and its remit. Based on the evidence given to that senior counsel - the background information, the notes about meetings and all the rest of it - the eminent senior counsel said that in his opinion, it did not fall within the remit of the Moriarty tribunal. One has to...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Given what transpired subsequently, my view is that it should have been sent to the tribunal in the first instance.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Correct.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do not speak for Deputy Lowry or the circles in which he moved, or in respect of any payments he may have received. The Fine Gael Party was asked by the tribunal about contributions that may have been made by Mr. O'Brien and it carried out an extensive trawl in respect of a range of companies in every constituency, and that information was given to the tribunal. It amounted, over a...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Generally the Deputy uses the phrase "slurping from the corporate trough". I have heard him on that on several occasions. The subject of the Deputy's question was the subject of a tribunal that has run for 14 years. There will be a particular and special debate with questions and answers on this matter.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am answering the Deputy. If he is ever lucky enough to serve at Cabinet level in the future, he might find himself in a position where whatever Department he serves in is given responsibility of a sub-committee to deal with particular issues. In this case, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources will deal with questions in so far as the tribunal per se is concerned....

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Moriarty tribunal and the findings of the sole member are explicit in that regard.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes. they are.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: The sponsorship by Mr. O'Brien of a golf classic conducted by Fine Gael was not an individual thing. Many companies sponsored many golf classics around the country. I am not sure whether the letter was carried through in respect of sponsoring wine or whatever. The Deputy stated that I was "rostered" to be in New York.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure from what book he is quoting. I was never rostered to be in New York. The late Mr. Austin proposed in the beginning that a number of Ministers might attend that function and that I should be one of them. In the event, I had no hand, act or part in the persons who may have attended that function. As I certainly did not cross the Atlantic and I certainly was not in the 21...

Order of Business (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 6, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; and No. 10, statements on the Moriarty tribunal report. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted on the adjournment of Private Members' business, which shall be No. 20, motion re universal social...

Order of Business (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: They say "Repetitio mater studiorum est." I was asked last week whether I would be here to answer questions - yes or no - and I said "Yes". I will be here, please God, to answer questions. I will answer, as far as the Moriarty tribunal is concerned, any Member who has questions about Fine Gael's fund-raising activities in that regard. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural...

Order of Business (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: What we want to do is to put an end to all of this.

Order of Business (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: The recommendations arising from this report are clear. I received approval from the Government this morning for these recommendations to be circulated to the relevant Departments and to come back here within four weeks with information on their implementation. Seven and a half hours are being allocated for discussion of the Moriarty tribunal. Whether the Deputies stand in judgment of...

Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Several years ago an Oireachtas committee carried out investigative work in the DIRT inquiry at a low cost and within a timescale which brought about real results and savings for the Exchequer. Deputy Adams is aware of the Government's intention to hold a referendum on the Abbeylara case decision to allow investigative work to be carried out by specialist or select Dáil committees. On the...

Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I absolutely disagree with Deputy Martin in his comment that the Fine Gael Party tried to obstruct the Moriarty tribunal. Based on the legal advice to the party in the circumstances, the party took a decision. In my view it was the wrong decision but the decision was taken. When my predecessor as leader of the party, Deputy Michael Noonan, became aware of the situation he transmitted the...

Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: The first part of the tribunal report dealt with a former leader of the Fianna Fáil Party and the comments therein were very clear.