Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

The former Garda Commissioner sent a letter to the Minister regarding the taping of conversations in Garda stations on March 10. Did the Minister have any conversation or contact with the Garda Commissioner on that or any other issue between that date and the date of his resignation? What does the Minister know of the Garda Commissioner's decision to resign? Did the Minister know that the Taoiseach was sending the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality to meet the Garda Commissioner? What message did the Secretary General relay to the Commissioner? What was the content? Was the Minister in on that and did he consent to it? What was the effect of that visit on the Garda Commissioner in the context of his decision to resign the next day?

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