Lawlor will provide tribunal with more details, court told

Dublin West TD, Mr Liam Lawlor, is to offer the Flood tribunal further details of money he received from individuals, companies…

Dublin West TD, Mr Liam Lawlor, is to offer the Flood tribunal further details of money he received from individuals, companies and corporations.

In an affidavit, parts of which were read to the High Court this morning, Mr Lawlor submitted two different lists of documents giving details of the receipt of £1.5 million, according to Mr Frank Clarke SC for the Flood tribunal.

The first list consists of receipts of monies received while the second list consists of Mr Lawlor's recollections of sums received for consultancy fees and political donations.

Mr Clarke, in his closing argument on the third day of Mr Lawlor's trial for alleged contempt, said despite the discovery of the new documents Mr Justice Feargus Flood remained "understandably sceptical" of Mr Lawlor's intentions.

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Mr Clarke said Mr Lawlor had a history of non-compliance with the original High Court order and that his "existing and continuing contempt is unsatisfactory to the tribunal".

Mr Clarke added: "That fact requires the court to take action."

The tribunal has "an interest in ensuring its works are not interrupted consciously by individuals before the tribunal".

Mr Lawlor, through his counsel, is arguing his alleged non-compliance with the High Court order of October 24th was due to misinterpretation and that he "deeply regretted" such contempt should the court find contempt.

Mr John Rogers SC for Mr Lawlor said Mr Lawlor, in a new affidavit this morning, had identified 42 new categories of evidence he was now in a position to submit to the tribunal.

Mr Lawlor he said had been in contact with 272 people and institutions since December 15th in an attempt to comply with the order.

But Mr Rogers continued that while this showed Mr Lawlors' willingness to actively aid the working of the tribunal now, an examination of the tribunal's transcripts before Christmas shows that even then he was willing to assist the tribunal. He said: "Mr Lawlor was a compliant witness."

Mr Rogers then began a detailed examination of the tribunal transcripts and at several junctures argued some of the tribunal's requests before Christmas were "off the rails" and "unreasonable".

Mr Rogers is continuing his argument this afternoon.