Eugene Regan (Fine Gael)

I add my voice to those of Senators, including the Leader, who expressed confidence yesterday in the independence of the Mahon tribunal. The tribunal has treated each witness in equal terms and no special provision has been made for the Taoiseach or any witness although the tribunal has been intimidated in that regard. I also commend the tribunal's professionalism in unearthing new secret accounts of the Taoiseach, which brings the sum under investigation to €500,000.