Environment Minister Phil Hogan and Tipperary North TD Michael Lowry have both responded to reports that they met just days after the publication of the Moriarty Tribunal report.

It would be better if Environment Minister Phil Hogan had not met Michael Lowry in the wake of the Moriarty tribunal, a Cabinet colleague said today.

Environment Minister Phil Hogan granted disgraced TD Michael Lowry an exclusive meeting and access to department officials just days after the damning findings of the Moriarty Tribunal were published.