The Minister for Justice has conceded that a Garda whistleblower was NOT ordered to co-operate with a Garda inquiry on penalty points.
However Alan Shatter says he would have expected Sergeant Maurice McCabe to make direct contact with the assistant commissioner carrying out the inquiry last year.
He's also heavily criticised Sgt McCabe for secretly recording his conversations with other members of the force.
Our political correspondent Gavan Reilly reports:
