Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the matter of the first question raised by Deputy Howlin, I was told of the existence of an email. I was not provided with appropriate details to allow me to link the email to the issues that were under question in the Dáil on the following days. The existence of an email to me was along the same lines as the 230 documents, many of which were emails, that had been already forwarded to the disclosures tribunal. Of course, it has now transpired that this was an email of great significance. In hindsight, had I known the full content of the email and had it been sent to me, I think the events of the past couple of weeks would have been somewhat different. I did not ask to see the email but what I did ask was for were assurances that the document would be forwarded to the disclosures tribunal in line with both the requirements and the demands of the tribunal, and in accordance with the law.

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