Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

During the last general election, the Taoiseach assured me on a number of occasions that Deputy Lowry would not be part of any support for a Government that he would form with the Labour Party. Obviously, he did not form a Government with the Labour Party so was another deal done with Deputy Lowry in the context of the current Government of the new politics? Has Deputy Lowry privileged access to the Taoiseach, as the Tipperary Star story would appear to indicate, or to people who command the Taoiseach's attention and decisions from the Taoiseach?

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