Tánaiste expresses support as Shatter prepares to make statement in the Dáil

The Tánaiste has expressed his full support for the Justice Minister Alan Shatter, who is to make a statement at 7pm tonight on the Mick Wallace affair in the Dáil.

Minister Shatter has been severely criticised after he revealed that Deputy Mick Wallace benefited from Garda discretion by avoiding penalty points.