Following on from that appointment and in connection with the excellent work of Mr. Justice Flood, there have been a number of very strange comments from our great Taoiseach. On 28 May, during a Dáil debate, he said on the day he appointed the then Deputy Burke as Minister he was working on the understanding that no money had been given to him. On the same day he stated Ray Burke had told him the story before he came into the House of how he had received a contribution of £30,000. However, on the day Mr. Burke resigned his ministry and membership of the Dáil the Taoiseach referred to "the persistent hounding of an honourable man to resign his position on the basis of innuendo and unfounded allegations". What a turnaround that is in the fortunes of the wisdom of none other than the Taoiseach. Are we not lucky? He has the benefit of hindsight, even though he was being told the indicators did not point in the direction he was pontificating.