Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In fact the Taoiseach acted in bad faith, as did his colleagues, his predecessors and, it seems, his successors. The Taoiseach has confirmed to the House that he was wrong yesterday; that he knew about this strategy and that he had been briefed.

Can he confirm that other members of the Government - the Ministers, Deputies Simon Harris and Helen McEntee, and the Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin - were similarly aware of this strategy and were briefed?

Will the Taoiseach also respond to my other question on the publication of all of the documentation surrounding these issues? These documents need to be published as a matter of urgency and publicly scrutinised.

On the issue of who was briefed, were the Ministers, Deputies Harris and McEntee and the Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin, briefed? Was anybody else briefed? Who did the initial memorandum go to in 2011? The Taoiseach stated yesterday that he believed it was to four people. Can he identify who they were and can he confirm that all documentation will, in fact, be published?

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