New information raises fresh controversy over Leo Varadkar's leaking of confidential file

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar had confirmed in the Dáil on November 3 last year, that he shared a copy of the document with his friend Dr Maitiú Ó Tuathail, the leader of the National Association of General Practitioners between April 11-16, 2019. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin urging him to act after it emerged that Tánaiste Leo Varadkar was able to get a copy of the GP contract he leaked to a friend while the Minister of Health had been refused.

New correspondence, released under Freedom of Information to Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty, shows that repeated requests for a copy of the document for then-Minister for Health Simon Harris were rebuffed.