Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I know that the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste spoke mid-afternoon yesterday. They were in contact with each other on a number of occasions throughout yesterday and, I suspect, earlier today, but the Deputy is asking me questions to which only the Tánaiste can give him a precise answer. I am telling him what I know, which is not necessarily the whole amount, but I do know that there was ongoing discussion and contact between the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste from mid-afternoon yesterday. As the Deputy is aware, they were each attending a different function, and then there was the Arbour Hill ceremony, and events moved very quickly.

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