Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This did not all happen overnight. There was silence from the Government when the conversation between the confidential recipient and Sergeant Maurice McCabe was leaked. I asked two questions on it in the House and the Taoiseach said nothing. The first day I asked if there were significant discussions in the Cabinet about the penalty points dossier. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, caused the O'Mahony report to be referred to the Road Safety Authority, which the then Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, did not want. Although Ministers were aware there were very serious and substantive issues within the Department of Justice and Equality, the Taoiseach chose to turn a blind eye to much of it for too long.

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