Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Ms McPhillips said to one of my colleagues earlier she was disappointed that the Taoiseach described the Department as dysfunctional, and yet she does not think it was unacceptable. She has given a roundabout reason for not saying "yes" or "no" as to whether it was unacceptable. Ms McPhillips does not need to be briefed on this. She has failed to say whether she thinks it is unacceptable that the Taoiseach ended up misleading the Dáil because of information that came from a Department which, I have to agree with him, on the face of it seems dysfunctional.