Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for his comments and I invite him to hand me personally the information of national importance. I would be happy to receive it and act on it. In the House I said that I had requested a report from the Department of Justice and Equality. I received a report from the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality outlining the number of contacts the Department made with the confidential recipient about the veracity or otherwise of the allegations and comments printed in the national media. Following discussions arising from the report with the Minister for Justice and Equality and following the publication of a more expansive version of a conversation that took place, the Minister has advised the official confidential recipient that if he has any knowledge of any illegal activities he should bring it to the attention of the Garda Síochána and has, this morning, relieved him of his duties.

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