He has stated that he acted correctly in connection with a planning application over two decades ago and disputed allegations in an article by online publication The Ditch.
Spokespeople for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste Micheál Martin and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan have all expressed “full confidence” in Junior Minister Niall Collins.
The Irish Mirror understands that it is now anticipated that Minister Collins will make the statement either on Wednesday or Thursday.A spokesman for the Tánaiste said that Minister Collins had spoken to Mr Martin on Monday evening. When he was asked in the Dáil on Tuesday afternoon by Labour leader Ivana Bacik if Minister Collins could make a statement, the Taoiseach advised that he had agreed to do so and was “seeking time to make a statement.”
“At that time I met the requirements for planning permission in the area – known as the ‘pressure area’. Separately the property I owned on the Fr. Russell Road in Dooradoyle Limerick was not in the ‘pressure area’.
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