Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil don Teachta as ucht an méid adúirt sé faoi mo chás féin agus as na dea ghuíonna a chuireann sé chugam.

On the issue raised by the Deputy, this is a rather small country and people have different roles to play at different times in their careers and sometimes there can be an appearance of conflict. As I understand, no conflict occurred in this case but I do not have an extensive brief on it so the best I can offer the Deputy is to get back to him on the issue in due course when I request a further brief from the Department of Health.

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