Seanad debates
Tuesday, 12 November 2002
Second Interim Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments: Statements.
I was a Member of the House during the 1980s when everybody outside Fianna Fáil could pick up vibes that were not conducive to a sense of open democracy. Everybody could see it and it was inevitable that more than a few people in that party were corrupt. From 1977 to 1997, members of my party served in Government for longer than Fianna Fáil; they did many things with which I disagreed and they made many mistakes. It is a fact, however, that none of them has been accused of any of these sorts of offences. Members of the Progressive Democrats, who will have served close to ten years in office if the present Government sees through its current term and does not fall apart, will not be accused of similar things either. Fine Gael has one problem in its ranks which will have to be dealt with, but outside that there will be none.
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