The justice minister has apologised to the two penalty points whistleblowers.
Alan Shatter has corrected the Dáil record and withdrawn his claim that Maurice McCabe and John Wilson failed to co-operate with an internal Garda inquiry into their allegations.
The move is likely to satisfy his colleagues in the Labour Party, though the opposition is continuing its calls for his resignation.
Our political correspondent Gavan Reilly reports.
Mick Wallace has told the Dáil there are 30 reasons why Alan Shatter should resign.
He didn't list all of them, but most are recited here:
