Brendan Ryan (Labour)

I will do my best not to react. When did the Taoiseach know about it? If he knew as far back as it now appears, why did he not tell anybody? Why did he not tell his colleagues in Government, the Progressive Democrats and, more particularly, why did he not tell the Dáil? These are serious questions about a most important issue and there is a classical fudge from the Taoiseach about what happened.

This House was an equal party with the other House in setting up that tribunal. Let us remember it was set up following a vote of both Houses of the Oireachtas. We are as entitled as the other House to know what is going on and I ask the Leader to find out.