Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

We did not all hear it from the Commissioner, though.

It is notable that the Taoiseach has refused on seven occasions to disclose when he first heard about the smear campaign against Sergeant McCabe. I cannot understand why he set out to mislead people regarding the status of the meeting that the Minister, Deputy Zappone, had by claiming that it was private. What exactly was the Taoiseach trying to achieve there?

I have questions for the Minister, Deputy Zappone. Who approved the deletion of the digital copy of the McCabe file in Tusla? Were the metadata of who created it retained for the public inquiry? Does she know the identity of the person who created that file and what was the role of Tusla's data protection officer in all of this?

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