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

Yes, it would. The only basis for that correspondence to go public is if it was needed for the assembly of evidence in this House, if the House was deciding to follow an impeachment process. That is a matter for the House to decide, if it so wishes. The Government has made its position clear. The Government has a responsibility under the Constitution, and that is why I made my statement earlier. I made it on behalf of the Government. The Government must vindicate the legitimacy of both this Oireachtas and the Supreme Court. That emanates from the McCurtain situation at that time, which was brought before the House. That is the reason I made my statement earlier. It is up to other political parties to do what they wish to do about these matters in the fullness of time.

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