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

As detailed to myself and the Taoiseach, the serious issues made it incumbent on the Government taking action to ensure we get the full story of what happened, not a fictitious narrative. This should be examined in the interest of the citizens of the State, the administration of justice and in ensuring our data protection and telecommunications legislation is fully and properly complied with. It is no more complex than that. I cannot add further to it. There is always a means of poking fun at individuals and one of the presentations this morning suggested a letter was delivered from the former Commissioner on 10 March to my Department and that it sat in an unopened envelope. I am sure it did not sit in an unopened envelope but the truth is it was not furnished to me until yesterday.

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