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

I am asking legitimate questions. I would prefer to be in here raising a different issue but we are not. For all the guff about new politics, is this where we are at, with the gold-plated few having access to Ministers and, in part, given the heads-up on decisions the Minister has taken? What way is that to conduct politics? I very much hope the Minister will present himself this evening. I hope he has full, transparent and credible answers in respect of all this.

The story states very clearly that the meeting took place in November 2016. The Taoiseach seems to be contesting that fact.

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