Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

There is a report in the Irish independent today in respect of the passport problem which was responded to last week by EU Foreign Ministers. The report was to the effect that an Israeli spy based in Dublin supplied the information for the forged Irish passports used by the team of assassins in the United Arab Emirates. It appears as if the media information is ahead of that being supplied by the Government. For instance, the reports yesterday said that seven passports were used when five were mentioned originally by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Does the Taoiseach have any evidence of the validity of this report in today's paper to the effect that an Israeli spy supplied the information in respect of these passports?

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