Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Each and every one of the documents preceded my tenure in the Department of Justice and Equality. When the tribunal of inquiry was set up, it was made quite clear that anyone with any information should forward same to the tribunal. I believe there was special significance on the matter of the Department and it was in that context that a discovery process got under way in the Department which provided a tranche of documents, in excess of 230, all of which were forwarded to the tribunal with due haste and speed, having regard to the legal requirement on the part of officials in the Department to co-operate fully with the tribunal and to the history of this matter and the role and function of the Department.

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