Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I am informed that the reply was issued by the Taoiseach, or through the Taoiseach's office, to journalists about an hour and a half before I got it. It was the subject of a briefing. It is not acceptable that parliamentary questions are the subject of spinning by the line Department before they are issued to the Members who ask the questions.

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