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Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: What of the previous Ministers, Deputies Martin and Cowen?

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Secretary General of the Department had it at 8.28 a.m. that morning.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: It did not cover the big story.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: It did not.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Now you see it, now you do not.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: There are three ways we can find out about the Taoiseach's communications unit — Question Time, parliamentary questions and freedom of information requests. Three times I asked the Taoiseach in a parliamentary question if the communications unit was aware of the stories as reported in the Irish Examiner and the Irish Independent on 13 June 2007. Three times in replies the Taoiseach refused...

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Will the Taoiseach tell me their offices in the Departments?

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Will the Taoiseach send them to me in written form?

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes. I do not need the names, only their titles.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Why did the Taoiseach not do so before now?

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Why did I have to come in here to ask for it again?

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Let us hear the facts.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I did not send a letter to the Taoiseach. I submitted a parliamentary question.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I sent the Taoiseach no letter. I sent three parliamentary questions for written reply. In each case the Taoiseach refused to reply.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I want protection now, a Cheann Comhairle. I asked the Taoiseach——

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The question the Taoiseach is answering orally today is what his communications unit does. My parliamentary question was whether his communications unit noticed this story in the paper. He refused to answer that and I had to raise it three or four times. If the Taoiseach checks that in the Official Report, he will find out how many times I raised it here. I said we would make the...

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am not wrong.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Taoiseach did not answer.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I had to complain to the General Office and to the Ceann Comhairle's Office. I had to complain to everybody about it.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Taoiseach just answered it here.