Dáil debates

Wednesday, 22 November 2017

12:10 pm

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

It is important to point out as a matter of fact that all parties had legal representation at the commission - not the Tánaiste individually, but the Department of Justice and Equality, An Garda Síochána and, of course, Sergeant McCabe, who had separate legal counsel, separate legal representation, dealing with the issue in accordance with the rules and laws that govern commissions of inquiry. I think the Deputy is confusing the role of legal counsel for the Garda Commissioner with that of legal counsel for the Department of Justice and Equality, which are two separate entities.

I have nothing to hide. There is no one I am trying to protect. The email was sent by an assistant secretary in the Department of Justice and Equality to a number of people in the Department of Justice and Equality, including the Tánaiste's private secretary, who then passed it on to her for information, so she was informed that-----

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