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

If Department of Finance officials are taking legal advice on this very issue and are refusing to waive their rights in relation to the release of documents, how is it that the Minister for Finance and the Taoiseach knew nothing about it until Thursday or Friday? Is it credible that the Attorney General did not flag this issue to the Cabinet in advance of the establishment of the commission of investigation? Will the Taoiseach undertake to publish the Attorney General's advice that was given to the Government prior to the establishment of the commission?

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