Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

The Minister's colleague, Deputy Joan Burton, has called on the Government to review contact with Mr. Denis O'Brien. The Minister of State, Deputy Lucinda Creighton, shares those concerns. She was critical of his attendance at the global Irish economic forum last October. It seems the Taoiseach takes a different view, beaming as he was in a photograph with that individual. I ask the Minister to set out his position on this matter and the position of the Government.

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