Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I believe we had some conversation about all of the controversy that was going on, but it was not an engagement where I went into any detail with him about these matters.

We had an engagement with the media and we were both asked questions about the issue. In the context of the way events developed and matters were reported, when I met him I had not had an opportunity to read all of the documentation and information I had received. Our main engagement that day - outside of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Templemore College - was on this issue with the media. We did have a conversation about the Garda recruitment campaign in the context of ensuring that the first batch of recruits will be in Templemore College at the beginning of July.