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Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: After the elections——

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: It is a High Court matter. There is no control over it. What was Deputy Rabbitte's second question?

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: It was about the burden of knowledge on the Minister, Deputy McDowell's shoulders.

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: All Ministers and all Members have known for several years that out of all of these issues there could be serious positions about tax evasion. Nobody had any particular information and I got no particular information from the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, or anybody else. It has been general knowledge, as somebody said here when Deputy Kenny raised the...

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Joan Burton: When did the Taoiseach hear it?

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: ——but I still did not find out what happened. The matter is before the tribunal. Even in the newspapers last week there were different views. I thought for years that the cheque was made out to Fianna Fáil and in more recent times I heard it was made out to cash.

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Deputies: How did the Taoiseach find that out?

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I heard it because, like everything else, it is doing the rounds from papers that have been leaked.

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Bernard Durkan: We have to be careful with rumours.

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: Deputy Rabbitte's third question was about the £50,000. What is in dispute is precisely who was the intended beneficiary. The Deputy asked me if I asked Mr. Gilmartin about this matter. Quite frankly, I have no recollection of the conversation with Mr. Gilmartin. Mr. Gilmartin said he rang me to ask me to assist him. I think he also said he rang me again to thank me, so he did get some...

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: A Cheann Comhairle——

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: A very brief question from Deputy Sargent and then we are concluding.

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I indicated earlier.

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: That is correct, Deputy. Deputy Sargent may wish to give way to the Deputy.

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask that both of us be accommodated.

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: The House made an order that there would be 15 minutes of question time and that time has now concluded. The Chair is obliged to obey the order of the House, as are Members.

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The orders of the House have to be accommodating to allow Members——

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: If the Deputy does not allow Deputy Sargent to contribute I will move on to the next business.

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I regret it is difficult to accommodate us. May I ask the Taoiseach if it is credible that a cash payment, which amounts to the price of two houses, would not have strings attached? Did that not ring alarm bells with the Taoiseach that would result in an investigation in terms of where the money is, why it has not come back to Fianna Fáil or whether there are tax evasion implications? Is it...

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I am not sure what the Deputy is asking me. If Mr. Gilmartin had mentioned to me in 1989 that he had given a donation to Pádraig Flynn or to Fianna Fáil, I would have assumed he was giving it to Fianna Fáil through Pádraig Flynn in his capacity as treasurer. If a donation of £50,000 was given to a Minister which was not going to a political party. I can only visualise that if it was...