Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2021-01-27
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Thomas Pringle (IND), Donegal

I would love to thank the Taoiseach for his answer but I am afraid I cannot. People always ask me what I think of the responses I receive on Leader's Questions and I say I never listen to them because they mean nothing. The Taoiseach's response shows that to be true. I would advise him to listen back to this debate because he has not responded in respect of what I asked him about. The Taoiseach stated that he spoke to Northern Ireland representatives about Covid-19 and the response to it. Where are the records of that? There are no records. I put in an FOI request specifically asking the Department for the records. None were supplied and I was told that there are none. The HSE came back to say that there are no records. What has happened here? Are these conversations taking place in a phone box or something? The Government has civil servants sitting there making notes of these meetings. If such notes have been made, the Government should publish them. I would love to be able to come in here next week and say to the Taoiseach that I am sorry and that I was wrong. I would love to be able to do so but I would say that I will not have to.

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Sitting date: 2021-01-27