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Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is a very important point from a parliamentary perspective.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: I actually believe in Parliament and the workings of Parliament.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is what I am about here.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: I will repeat the point I was making before I was interrupted. It will be very difficult for members of the inquiry team to conduct their work in a thorough and competent way if they are precluded from referring to and questioning witnesses about documentation they have received from the Central Bank. I would appreciate it if the legal advice to the Oireachtas and to the inquiry could be...

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: No, I did not say that.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: I know that.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is accepted.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: No, I did not say that at all. I did not say that I just learned about this. I want explanations.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: It was not agreed by our Whip.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: I want a full presentation on the legal advice.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: It should be deferred.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: There have been many tribunals of inquiry-----

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: We need copies of that correspondence.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: This is very important, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Let me give some sense of how serious this is. It goes to the heart of what this Dáil is about. We do not want to participate in a sham.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: At the very least the Dáil should adjourn or we should wait until the Ceann Comhairle comes back to give a proper, rational explanation as to what is going on here. We should have full transparency in terms of the interaction between Deputy Shatter, or his legal representatives, and the Ceann Comhairle's office. We were not told about any of this until this very minute - the last...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: No, we were not informed.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: How do you know, Taoiseach? What did we not follow through?

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: He has reversed them before.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday?