Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

While the Deputy has the permission of one person to discuss an issue, there is more than one involved. I have a duty of care to the good decent public servants who work in my Department and do their very best in their jobs. I know the Deputy acknowledges that as well.

In my correspondence with Ms Butler Hughes, which I have seen published somewhere, I said I am happy to meet her and I accept the findings of MacCraith report. I thanked her in that letter and publicly today for what she did. I accept the bona fides of my officials that they do the best job that they can, that they work hard and come to work every day to do a good job. I defend them in that regard. I have no intention of meeting anybody to reopen the MacCraith report. The CEO carried out an external independent review-----