Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste was sent this email so that she could either give a green light or a red light to the strategy proposed. I am telling the Tánaiste what the Taoiseach said in the Dáil last week was he justified not doing anything because it happened after the event. We know now that is not correct. What the Taoiseach stated was, "The Department was not in a position, after the fact, to express concerns about it or counsel against it."

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