Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 February 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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-----named in the memorandum. In the letter, counsel for the individuals communicated their clients' position that the memorandum contains a number of false allegations and potentially defamatory statements which could put their clients' good names at risk and materially prejudice their commercial interests and professional reputations. The letter suggests that any disclosure of the memorandum would breach the individuals' constitutional rights of privacy and their right to their good names and would be actionable on that basis.