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Leaders' Questions. (13 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Will the Deputy listen? The one thing people do not want to do is listen, they just want to raise issues. The Minister will outline the issues shortly. There were serious issues. The view that the Minister was the first person to put this matter in the public domain a few weeks ago is nonsense. These matters happened long before 28 July when the IRA, thankfully — it was one of the great...

Leaders' Questions. (13 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The point the Deputy is making is entirely incorrect. There is no question of there being a campaign against the Centre for Public Inquiry, which happens to be Mr. Connolly's employer.

Leaders' Questions. (13 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The matter centres round the fraudulent use——

Leaders' Questions. (13 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: ——of an Irish passport and the activities of persons belonging to a proscribed organisation bent on subverting the State. It is about this and not about any of the other issues raised.

Leaders' Questions. (13 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Over the years I have had many meetings with Mr. Chuck Feeney on many issues and I hope I will continue to do so. Mr. Feeney is very helpful to the State in respect of many projects, and many people involved in education, child care and other areas are very grateful for his activities. On the Minister being able to set down in a fair way his position on issues that have arisen or issues on...

Leaders' Questions. (13 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy, who does not believe there are many ways of investigating issues, wants another body. We have had tribunals and we have investigations and procedures. The Deputy should note there is nothing wrong with facts relating to criminal conduct being revealed other than through the process of a criminal trial, on which he based has last comment.

Leaders' Questions. (13 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: For as long as I have been Taoiseach, facts have been revealed day in, day out, at Dublin Castle, which facts Deputy Sargent used for many years in the House as the sole basis for his arguments.

Leaders' Questions. (13 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Were they proven facts? The media revealed facts about crimes and named accused persons or those helping the police with their inquiries.

Leaders' Questions. (13 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: There is no constitutional——

Leaders' Questions. (13 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: As soon as the Green Party's argument is demolished, its members interrupt. There is no constitutional prohibition on these processes being used for revealing factual information. The right to a fair trial is a fundamental aspect of our constitutional system and it cannot be qualified or abrogated.

Leaders' Questions. (13 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The argument put forward by the Green Party does not stand.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: There would be no road at all under Deputy Kenny.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: To block a budget debate.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: That is more rubbish. I hope the Deputy has something more constructive to say on the budget than this nonsense.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: We will tell them that.

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Before I make my statement on the budget, I wish to comment on this matter. I have listened to the discussion for an hour and three quarters. The rule when a Minister or Minister of State resigns——

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I ask Deputies to listen. In such cases, I make an announcement for the information of the House. I announced this morning that I accepted the resignation from office of the Minister of State, Deputy Callely. He tendered his resignation as Minister of State in writing and I accepted it. He did so, according to his letter, in the public interest in view of the fact that the ongoing...

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I ask Deputies to listen. I am trying to address the point made by Deputy Quinn. I thank Deputy Callely for his dedicated contribution to the work of the Government in his role at the Departments of Health and Children and Transport in the last three years. If the Deputy wishes to make a personal statement, it is totally open to him, or any Deputy, to do so. It is a very difficult day for...

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Will Deputies please listen? He does not wish to make a personal statement.

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Government ordered the business today and, as has always been the practice on the day following a budget, the Taoiseach and the leaders or spokespersons of Opposition parties make their statements. That process normally happens straight after the Order of Business. It is a matter for Deputy Callely whether he, at any stage during the day or next week, wishes to make a statement. He is not...