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- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the reason that records of the banking guarantee decision were shredded; the person who informed him of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30308/12]
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's reply is unacceptable and he should stop trying to walk away from his own words. The only possible construction on what the Taoiseach said is he believed records might have been shredded. It is the only reason he would have said it. He has been in sole charge of Government Buildings since early last year and it is unacceptable to throw out conspiracies like a man standing...
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----deliberately articulated the view that documents had been shredded. However, he decided to invent a wild allegation.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: All the officials and information have been available to him since he took over as Taoiseach at the start of 2011. It did not happen straightaway and this came out at a particular point in time. The Taoiseach was making a cynical political attack that was unworthy of him-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach whether he accepts this to be the case.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Yes.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: With respect, the Travers report was not behind any radiator but was published. It vindicated my role in that issue and was debated in the Oireachtas. Moreover, I appeared before an Oireachtas committee without difficulty and dealt with every single question asked. It did not go anywhere behind the radiator. However, my position is well known. The Taoiseach creates innuendo with the...
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is well known: I was in the United States as Minister for Foreign Affairs and participated in the incorporeal meeting. That is a matter of public record and it was covered in a major programme broadcast on RTE months ago. There is no secret or mystery about it. Moreover, there was a Cabinet meeting the following morning at which it was discussed.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Moreover, as the then Leader of the Opposition, the Taoiseach had plenty of time to obtain independent advice-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----between the Cabinet decision and the decision of the Oireachtas to pass legislation introducing the bank guarantee. Did the Taoiseach receive independent advice? He voted for the measure and led his party through it.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It suits the Taoiseach-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: I put it to the Taoiseach that it suits him to create this aura of something wrong or hidden. At the time the late Brian Lenihan-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: There is a record of the deliberative process.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is from the Minister for Finance. The rationale for the decision is on the record of this House.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: When the late Minister for Finance came into this Chamber-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----and actually spoke to the Taoiseach before he brought in the bank guarantee-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The then Leader of the Opposition, now Taoiseach, was actually briefed by the Minister for Finance at the time on the rationale behind the bank guarantee.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: There are no secrets. I agree that this issue should certainly be examined and there is no difficulty in bringing forward-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: My fundamental question is that the Taoiseach's approach to this matter has been deeply cynical and political.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It vindicates the decision of the people taken last year on Oireachtas inquiries because they do not trust the capacity of politicians to be objective and impartial-----