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

She was anxious that all correspondence would be published. This is the letter I received from the Secretary General this morning. It is the only letter and I felt obliged to bring it in because I know the Deputy was very concerned about what she perceives to be numerous pieces of correspondence in my Department on this issue. I have to inform her, from a preliminary examination of this issue, that there are not numerous notes or items of correspondence within the Department of An Taoiseach. Obviously, it would have been the Department of Health and the HSE that primarily dealt with the negotiations with the IMO on this matter.

The Deputy should withdraw the comment that I am refusing somehow to provide information. She should not create the impression that I am trying to hide something. I am not. The Department of An Taoiseach is an open door in resect of any correspondence the Deputy wants to access on this issue or on health. It is important to say that. The Taoiseach is going to address this issue comprehensively later today and answer any questions people have. My apologies, I meant to say the Tánaiste will address any questions.

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