'No conspiracy': Leo Varadkar on why Simon Coveney gets to keep his State car

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the decision to allow Simon Coveney to keep his State car and Garda driver was taken on security grounds. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar says there is no “conspiracy” related to why Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney gets to keep his State car and garda driver.

Labour leader Alan Kelly asked how Mr Varadkar, as taoiseach of the last government, could make a request for a State car for a minister in a government that had not yet been formed.