Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Tánaiste for bringing clarity to the financial aspects of the matter. When did the decision to include the Vatican embassy appear on the list? We are in receipt of two pieces of information; one from the Department suggesting it was not on the initial list and one from the Tánaiste suggesting it was. Will the Tánaiste confirm the veracity or otherwise of a report in The Sunday Business Post by Pat Leahy on the Government meeting at which this matter was discussed? It was suggested it had been very much a routine issue on the Cabinet agenda that had been passed over and only returned to later after the decision had been made. Did the Tánaiste, in fact, discuss the proposed closure of the Embassy to the Holy See with the Taoiseach and the Minister of State, Deputy Lucinda Creighton?

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