Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

When I spoke to Mr. Ó Neachtain, I gave a view that it was likely to go to a phase two. I was not in any way definitive in regard to that. What I was definitive about, and the only new information Mr. Ó Neachtain received on foot of that conversation, was that I would be taking the advice of my officials and applying their recommendations to my decision. That was what I did both in terms of the phase one assessment and the recommendations made to me. I made absolutely no alteration whatsoever to those. I complied with the recommendations made to me by my officials and in regard to the other stages throughout this process. I made it crystal clear to Mr. Ó Neachtain at the time that that would be the view that I would take. I did not have any insider information to provide to Mr. Ó Neachtain at the time. The only information I had was based on what was already in the public domain.

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