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

I answered the question on the Tánaiste, who made it very clear to me and the leader of the Green Party, Deputy Eamon Ryan, that he did not do something like this before or since. We take it from this that this applies to his advisers as well. He did not authorise any other type of action like this one relating to the GP contract.

I was not a member of the previous Government. It is an important point to make. I am not answerable for the previous Government's behaviour. We had many policy differences and we fought those in an election. As a result of that election, a new Government was formed involving three parties. That demarcation is very real and important. It would be quite a new precedent if future governments-----

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