Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With respect, the Deputy is selectively quoting the response of the Minister, Deputy Naughten, which is not the right approach to take. When he took this unsolicited phone call, the matter was not before him. It was the lobbyist who informed him that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission had made its decision and the matter was not before him. By the time it arose in the Dáil, it was at a different point in time and a different point in the process and the matter was before him. He had no official advice or information to pass on. He has made that clear in his statement already. However, he accepts that it was a mistake and he has said he regrets ever taking the phone call. He has apologised for that today. The Minister has accounted for this, said he regrets it, said it was a mistake and apologised for it.

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