Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not think that the first job of the Minister is to go on the television. I am trying to understand what the Minister's thoughts were on the drive out to the RTÉ studios. Surely she knew she was going to be asked if she had confidence in Siún Ní Raghallaigh. Surely she also knew the consequences of not expressing confidence in the chair. Surely she knew that would mean that the chair, Siún Ní Raghallaigh, would have to resign.