Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I again refute the word "lie". The Deputy was not lied to. What happens is, because these situations are fluid and because we move early, that information can change. What little bit of knowledge I have of the situation to which he refers, information changed and was not communicated in a way it should have been. That is very different from being lied to. Members of the CET are trying their best. When they get information, they communicate it out as best they can, but as I said, situations change very often. I totally respect that the Deputies have a job to do as well and I thank them and councillors for showing leadership at a local level in bringing the community along. We do our best to get information out as quickly as possible. The core issue remains in that we have to move fast, and in those fast-moving situations, the facts can change regularly.

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