Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

I am being frank with the Senator. I met four people. He can check with his party leader. There were other contacts which I will not discuss here.

The Senator also suggests that when the tribunal ends there will be nothing to replace it. That is not true. On the point raised by Senator Maurice Hayes, the existing power to establish a tribunal will continue to be on the Statute Book and it is a choice for the Houses of the Oireachtas if they want to establish another tribunal.