Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will answer the last question first. All I can say is that the Deputy should ask the journalist. One thing the journalist will be able to confirm is that they got no information from me. I do not know where the journalist got the information. It seems to me that it was only after the journalist got the information that Deputy Wallace had a mature recollection of the particular event. I certainly did not talk to the journalist. I can say that categorically. Perhaps the journalist to whom the Deputy refers might confirm that to him. I do not have a habit of giving journalists information of a confidential nature about individuals.

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