Shatter may have been mistaken in Dáil remarks

Justice Minister Alan Shatter “may have been mistaken” when he told the Dáil a garda whistleblower did not co-operate with an internal inquiry into penalty point cancellations, according to his Labour cabinet colleague, Pat Rabbitte.

The communications minister said that, if this was the case, then Mr Shatter should correct the record “when the opportunity arises”.

But he insisted the justice minister was “not a minister who would mislead the Dáil” and was a “long-time parliamentarian and very scrupulous politician”.