John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Harris made the key point and one worth repeating, namely, that Sergeant McCabe requested a private meeting. There is a little game being played here and we are in danger of taking Deputy Ross too seriously. This is less about transparency and the fullness of truth and more about getting on the six o'clock news. Every journalist in this city knows the content of the meeting that took place last week. If anything earth-shattering had been said at that meeting, it would have been reported already. This is not about the content of the meeting but about political individuals and their insatiable thirst for publicity.