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Thu 12 Dec 2008Moriarty draft 'not seen or discussed', says Tánaiste
THE GOVERNMENT has neither seen nor discussed a draft copy of the Moriarty report, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan has told the Dáil as she was challenged to say whether the State had rejected the report's findings.
Labour leader Eamon Gilmore said "it has been suggested to me that one Government department - the Department of Communications - had issued an initial statement on Friday night that the Government had rejected the findings of the tribunal. Now that would be a quite remarkable statement to have been issued particularly since the tribunal has not yet reported to the House," he said.
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