The gathering was held following Ireland's election to the United Nations Security Council, with a selfie photograph taken and subsequently tweeted by the department's Secretary General at the time, Niall Burgess, showing officials and staff standing close together without face coverings.At the time of the gathering, Ireland was in Phase Two of its initial reopening plan.
At this time, Covid restrictions meant that people were only permitted to meet up with six other individuals from outside their household. Coveney has denied attending the celebration and last week, the Foreign Affairs Minister ordered an internal investigation in his department into the gathering, which will be compiled by current Secretary General for the department Joe Hackett.
reports that, on Tuesday , members of the committee met and decided to write to the Minister asking for the terms of reference of the internal investigation.According to the broadcaster, it is understood that concerns will be expressed in the letter about the investigation.
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