Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Was that a personal or a ministerial answer? It "did not reveal anything" – it did. It gave an indication from the Minister as to how he would proceed and the lobbyist then used that information and passed it to his client months before the Minister made his official view known. He revealed to the lobbyist what he would not reveal to Dáil Éireann under questioning and in fact said to Dáil Éireann that he had not expressed any opinion on it. That was the Minister. It was not a personal phone call. It was not a chat between two friends about rugby. This was about ministerial business, and the consequences were that a participant in a commercial process, of which the Minister had oversight, was given information and used that information. The notion that this is something that can be wished away cannot be allowed to continue. I asked the Tánaiste a straight question. Does he think his actions during that phone call were appropriate? Was it appropriate, as a Minister dealing with the specific issue, to have that discussion with a lobbyist?

See this speech in context