Kenny defends sending Commission of Investigation terms of reference to Shatter
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny is defending sending former Justice Minister Alan Shatter the terms of reference for a Commission of Investigation before they were made public in the Dáil.
It has emerged overnight that in letters, between the Government and Mr Shatter last year, the terms of reference were sent to Shatter a month before they were sent to the Dáil.
Mr Shatter had objected to the inquiry investigating his role, given that he was in litigation over the findings of the Guerin Report.
Enda Kenny has said the Government was making it clear to Deputy Shatter what would happen.
“After the Government made their decision, they sent the terms of reference to the former Minister for Justice (Alan Shatter) for his information only,” said Kenny.
“So that he would be in no doubt that the Government would continue to press ahead with setting up the Commission of Investigation with the terms of reference, as decided and agreed by Government, before that was sent to the deputy for his information.”
