Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I have read all that. What the Minister has just said about a potential misunderstanding is a completely different situation to non-co-operation.

If the Minister were in charge of a major investigation and he knew a particular witness had expert knowledge of the situation, would he be happy for a misunderstanding or anything else to stop him from contacting that person? Would he not contact that person directly, by any means possible, to make sure he was interviewed?

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