Tánaiste told former GP union boss that confidential contract wasn't final

Mr Varadkar on Saturday acknowledged that he did indeed “provide” Dr Ó Tuathail, a high profile south Dublin GP, with the document but he insisted that no offence had been committed due to the information being already fully in the public domain. Picture: Julien Behal/ PA

The Tánaiste told the former head of a GPs union that a contract he had supplied him with could not be taken as final, it was revealed in the Dáil this evening.

TDs cross-questioned Leo Varadkar about his actions as new details of text messages were revealed between Leo Varadkar and Dr Maitiú Ó Tuathail, the former president of the now defunct NAGP, show the then-Taoiseach telling Dr Ó Tuathail of the contract that “there may still be some changes made to it so don’t take it as gospel”.