Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not the Minister in that Department now, but my understanding from the information that I have sought is that there was a deep trawl done to make sure that everything that was in any way relevant to this issue had been found. I have explained what happened on Thursday and the Department's response at that time, when it reminded me about that email. No one else in the Department and in the team that I discussed it with remembered that email. I was waiting to see what the legal advice was and to hear back from the Department. Certain events took place yesterday which I discussed with the Taoiseach. I have now circulated the email.

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