Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The fact that a person is in the public service should not indicate that he or she is incapable of doing his or her job with integrity. As the Minister with responsibility for the public service, I wish to make that clear.

Legal submissions from the Attorney General's office or staff to the legal team would be the basis of the arguments made in open court. That is not a major issue. I do not know whether it is normal to make such papers available. It is a matter for discussion. I do not think there will be any major document shaking the foundations of the State, even if we did see the papers.

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