Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

The Taoiseach has basically said, without saying so in words, that there is no threat to the State. So, that was a trumped up statement anyway. How can the Taoiseach defend a Minister who, quite clearly, does not approve of people throwing into the public domain facts that have not been proven in court? He said on 4 September 2003 to Pat Kenny on RTE: "I am not supposed to just throw out into the public domain facts which haven't been proven in court about people".

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