Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In fairness to the Tánaiste, only he could claim that rents increasing by 2% is a freeze on rents. By God, if that is where he is, God help renters out there.

I will ask him about an article by Darragh McDonagh published this morning that is based on records released under freedom of information. It clearly debunks the line peddled by the Tánaiste and other members of the Government that the event held in Iveagh House in June was an impromptu one. We now know that departmental officials were told to gather "down the back of the...[office]" in an email from the Secretary General's office the day before the event. Does the Tánaiste now accept that there needs to be a proper investigation into what happened and not an internal review, given what we now know? If so, when will that happen? Is he confident that no other gathering of this type happened in other Departments or Government residences?

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