Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is not my record and people have entitlements in this regard.

The Deputy should not make suggestions that are untrue. The Minister, Deputy Cowen, was unaware of the record and exactly what it said until he got possession of it. One can only comment on a record when one sees it. For the last four years, he was unaware of any suggestion that this would be on the record. That is his point of view. I would not pre-emptively judge something until I saw the record for myself, and I did early this morning. The Minister contacted the Garda during the week to get possession of the record because he did not have it. Others had it before he did and that is also an issue for any individual in such a situation. As regards his contribution to the House, he did not yet have the document and did not want to incriminate himself in relation to it. All I can convey to the Deputy is that he has very serious concerns about how the whole thing has developed and how his own personal information was procured or disseminated from the PULSE record.

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