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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

“I will not be mentioning any other Ministers' names. I thank the Minister and his officials for coming here to talk to us. Is the Minister familiar with section 7 of the National Archives Act 1986? It states: Subject to the provisions of sections 19(3) and 19(4), Departmental records shall, unless they are transferred to the National Archives in accordance with section 8 or are disposed...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

“Will the Minister clarify whether he is still deleting text messages that have to do with Government business from his phone?”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

“To be clear on this, I was of the understanding that any documentation, including text messages to do with official Government business, whether it was conducted by email, on one's phone or by any other means, in writing, email, etc., was to be retained. Is the Minister saying to us now that he is not doing that given all that we have come across in recent weeks?”

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• Has spoken in 3 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 561 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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