Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I cannot give the House that answer but what I have been told is that the Department was not made aware of it until after the fact and the Tánaiste did not become aware of it until around the time it entered the public domain. I am answering Deputy Howlin's question as best I can. It is very difficult to answer questions for third parties or unnamed parties.

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