A Cheann Comhairle, on a point of order. On 24th June a question was submitted and answered, Question No. 3, asking the Taoiseach the number of times within the past two and a half years he has got complaints in writing containing allegations against members of the present Government and asking for details. A question was put down for today in the following terms:
To ask the Taoiseach if he will institute a sworn inquiry into the allegations in a signed statement by Mr. Christopher Tierney that, in connection with sub-post mastership at Janesboro, County Limerick, he was told by Mr. Desmond O'Malley, now Minister for Justice, that whoever would get this post would give a subscription of a year's salary, viz. £300, and that he subsequently paid Mr. O'Malley £50 on foot of this statement by Mr. O'Malley.
