Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach told us earlier today that he received the email the Tánaiste discussed today on the radio at 11.30 p.m. last night for the first time. Why did the Tánaiste not hand over the email to the Taoiseach when it surfaced on Thursday? Why did it take journalists like Ms Katie Hannon to make inquiries for this to surface? The Tánaiste essentially withheld this information from the Taoiseach, and according to the record, he had to find out about this last night. Essentially, is it not the case that the Tánaiste was aware the Taoiseach had misinformed the House? Surely she was aware of the controversy that was happening? Was she happy for the record to remain uncorrected with regard to this matter until the media started poking around and making inquiries?

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