Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach said it twice - last Tuesday and last Wednesday. He needs to clarify it now. I do not think he should dig an even deeper hole or deepen this controversy by continuing to mislead the Dáil. The Tánaiste knew the nature of the legal strategy. Furthermore, she knew that information prior to the cross-examination of Maurice McCabe and she chose not to do anything about it and to allow Maurice McCabe go to the commission and to face that kind of malicious legal approach.

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