Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

I second the motion. It is welcome to have this debate as we approach the first anniversary of this Government's election. One of the biggest broken promises of all was the promise to implement the findings of the Moriarty tribunal which was published a year ago today. However, nothing has happened on that. Fianna Fáil will not be found wanting in reacting to any other tribunals in comparison to the reaction of the Government on the Moriarty tribunal over the past year. We will harp on about that because the Government has done nothing. It has shamelessly avoided the issues and is associated with many of the persons named in it.

The biggest broken promise was the promise to be different - the promise that the Government would do something different and that a different approach would be taken because the previous government was completely wrong. What has happened? As soon as the Government has become comfortable in the seats of power, it has done exactly the same as the previous Government.