A European Commission spokesman has described as "extremely regrettable, unfortunate and irresponsible" the leaking of a document on the Irish bailout programme.
Amadeu Altafaj said the report in question was a European Commission staff paper and not a formal Troika report.
He said the report was not intended to be formally released until June 25. He said it was unclear if the report was a draft.
The Irish Times today quoted a document which it said called for the equitable distribution of austerity.
The paper quoted the document as saying that "it is essential that the burden of the necessary consolidation be fairly and equitably shared."
Speaking in Brussels, the EU spokesman said that normally papers on bailout programmes are required to be circulated to eurozone member states.
Earlier in the Dáil the Taoiseach confirmed that Michael Noonan had presented the draft report to Cabinet yesterday, and said the Minister would be forwarding it to the Oireachtas Finance Committee, "as is normal", as he put it.
Mr Kenny said it was not a case of the document being sent first to an 'international committee' as it had been agreed after the earlier leak that draft reports be sent simultaneously to the country concerned.
Amadeu Altafaj, European Commission spokesman said that "the German [government] have a legal obligation to circulate such reports to the Bundestag committee.''
Referring to the fact that previous reports had been leaked he said: "Once again the leaking of the report is extremely regrettable, unfortunate and irresponsible."
A link to the press conference is available here and the exchange on the document is approximately one minute ten seconds into the conference.
