Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Okay. That is what we are being informed, when we read emails. Can the Tánaiste imagine we are now in a situation like this where we have to question the Tánaiste on emails, some of which are absolutely deplorable. A doctor is asking a business person if they would like to get involved in direct provision. Of course, we know the then Taoiseach's views on that at the time. They were deplorable texts. The Tánaiste has seen them because we have all seen them and they have been published. I do not expect the Tánaiste to answer any of that but this is the context of how this has come out. These friends told each other they had to keep this confidential because otherwise they would know where it came from. Having had the time to reflect, what does the Tánaiste think of the nature of that type of email between the Tánaiste's friend who has friends talking like that?

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