Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Is the Minister denying the published newspaper reports to which Deputy Charles Flanagan referred on the contamination of forensic evidence and exhibits being carelessly stored on top of filing cabinets? If the Minister is denying these reports, that is fine as it is consistent with his answer. I come into the House on the basis of believing what the Minister tells me in the House. How can I reconcile what the Minister has just said and what I read and was not denied in a newspaper report? In the time of Sherlock Holmes care would be taken that forensic evidence would be protected from contamination. The fact that this is not happening has been alleged by a serious newspaper writer and not contradicted.

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