Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The Taoiseach has explained many times the role of the communications unit, which is to alert him, as Head of Government, and the Ministers in his Cabinet to issues emerging in the media about which they should be informed. I thank the Taoiseach for his response on the cost of the unit. Arising from this, did the communications unit alert the Taoiseach to media reports on 21 December last to the effect that a Minister had been forced to admit he had submitted a sworn but false and defamatory affidavit to the High Court, and that he had been forced to apologise to the injured party?

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