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

In fairness the Minister for Justice is the Minister for Justice and she would have had no involvement in this. It would not be fair to expect her to know everything about it or to be aware of all the details. That is not a fair proposition that the Deputy is putting forward.

My defence is not about how many meetings were held between the NAGP, the HSE and the Department of Health. My defence is that there was a Government decision to formally consult and involve the NAGP and to keep it informed and up to date. We committed to doing that here in this House. The Minister committed to doing it. The Government decided to do it. If the NAGP had not been informed all along, it should have been.

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