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

We discussed some of these matters yesterday and the Taoiseach again set out for us the committee structure, for which I thank him. Yesterday I asked him about the Government co-ordination committee and he explained that this was the forum in which the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and the leader of the Green Party would meet and discuss matters.

I asked the Taoiseach yesterday if that was the mechanism by which he briefed his Government colleagues on the full story in respect of the former Minister, Deputy Cowen, and he said that was not the case. This morning the Minister, Deputy Ryan, leader of the Green Party, said he had been fully informed of all facts in respect of the former Minister, Deputy Cowen, in what he called "a timely fashion". I simply want the Taoiseach, when he gets to his feet, to place on the record of the Dáil when it was he gave the full information in his possession from the weekend of 3 and 4 July. When did he inform the Tánaiste and the leader of the Green Party and fully brief them on the full facts?

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