Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

When I answer in the House, I am not in camera but on camera and my obligation is to give an answer to the House. Replying to a distressed family, the O'Hara family, by e-mail is not sneaky. I did not raise the issue. However, the point I made, based on the information I had — for which I make no apology — was that when the staff member acted, they did so on the basis of certain circumstances which I explained to the House. What Deputy Rabbitte did not say last week, which he could have done because he knew and I now know he knew, was that the Tánaiste had a detailed meeting with the family——

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