The Environment Minister is under fire, after giving assurances to some of his constituents in Co. Kilkenny that a Traveller family wouldn’t be housed in their locality.
A spokesperson for Phil Hogan has told the Irish Daily Mail that a letter on the matter was sent from his constituency office, signed on his behlaf by a secretary.
Sinn Féin’s Donegal North-East Deputy Padriag MacLochlain wants a Dáil statement from Minister Hogan.
And he’s calling on the Minister to clarify his position:
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