Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is very difficult for me to comment on that case. Clearly the man in question has a grievance and I will ensure the Department of Finance hears of it. On the other hand, we do not know that everyone else involved in the sales process for those three properties was treated in the same way. That is the difficulty. We must assume they were all treated in the same way.

On the first issue that Senator Higgins raised regarding the shelf company, it is very difficult to weed out or ferret out that kind of activity unless it becomes absolutely crystal clear-----