#Golfgate reaction: Ex-Fine Gael leader doesn't believe Phil Hogan should resign

Regina Doherty rejected a statement from Commissioner Hogan (pictured) who said he had consulted with the Irish Hotels Federation before he attended the event. File Picture: Sam Boal

Former Fine Gael leader, Alan Dukes, has said that the Minister for Agriculture Dara Calleary and Senator Jerry Buttimer "had no option but to resign", but he believes that EU Commissioner Phil Hogan does not have to resign.

However, former Minister for Social Protection, Regina Doherty, has said it was now up to Commissioner Hogan’s senior people to determine if his position had been called into question.