Seanad debates
Thursday, 24 October 2002
Adjournment Matter. - Passports for Investment Scheme.
Last week the Minister informed us that his predecessor, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, commissioned an internal report in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on this matter. She outlined her concern about the decision to the current Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, in November 1994 and furnished a memorandum to him setting out her concerns. I presume the memorandum still exists and that the current Minister has read it. I call on him to publish it forthwith in order that all of us can determine its importance. The former Minister, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, has a responsibility to share with the public the information she gave to the Taoiseach about her doubts on the legitimacy of the passports and the suitability of Mr. Burke for high office. While the Minister informed the other House that all the files on the passports scheme were sent to the Moriarty tribunal, has the same information been sent to Mr. Justice Flood?
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