Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The Taoiseach has said the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has dealt with this matter in a proper way. On 4 September 2005, the Minister stated on "Today with Pat Kenny", "As a Minister I am not supposed to just throw out into the public domain facts which haven't been proven in court about people". These are the Minister's own words. By deliberately leaking information to a journalist, the Minister has breached his own ethics——

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