Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

If the officials knew, the political masters must have known on a matter of that concern. If they were not told, there is something fairly rotten in the state of the Department of Justice and Equality, and that is where the problem lies. We do not know who the officials were; we were not told.

I reiterate what Deputy Niall Collins stated; the Attorney General has been hung out to dry today. In the Minister's speech, he stated quite plainly the Attorney General knew of the contents of what is now being inquired about, that is, the tapes, but then threw a little bone to her by stating that, maybe, she did not know the contents. Let us wait and see. She is next in the firing line. This firing line has a long list of persons on it. Other Members have listed them already. I will not do so.

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