Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

To be fair as well ... public servants and other officials are not responsible for the actions of politicians. Politicians are responsible for the actions of politicians. So if a politician was there or not on the night, that was a decision by the political establishment. Mr. McDonagh is relevant to the information that he may have been provided or not. He is not accountable for a decision made by a politician. That is very, very clear.