Justice Minister Dermot Ahern is to publish the results of the inquiry ordered by the Garda Commissioner into how letters between former Junior Minister Trevor Sargent and the gardaí were made public.
Green Party leader John Gormley has said that he accepts that neither Mr Ahern nor Fianna Fáil were responsible for the leaked documents.
Meanwhile, Dominic McGowan, the man at the centre of the controversy, has said only he, Trevor Sargent and the gardaí had copies of the letters that appeared in the Evening Herald.
Mr McGowan said he did not pass the letters on to the newspaper.
It emerged earlier today that Mr Sargent contacted a senior garda earlier this month concerning the case which caused his resignation yesterday.
Today's Evening Herald carried a letter in which he asks the local Superintendent in Balbriggan to keep an eye on the proceedings.
In the letter dated Monday 15 February, he said 'I would be grateful if you could keep an eye on this case as I fear for the safety of Mr McGowan who faces his attacker in court again in the Central Criminal Court this Friday, 19th February 2010 as a witness to his own attack.'
Mr Sargent said he got a call from the Supt to advise him that his contacts in relation to Dominic McGowan should come through him.
The former Green Party leader had written originally to an individual garda who then passed on the details to the Garda Supt.
The Garda Commissioner has appointed a senior officer to investigate how the letter to a garda in Balbriggan came into the public domain.
Fachtna Murphy has appointed John Twomey to examine and inquire into all circumstances surrounding the public disclosure of the correspondence.
Separately, Mr Murphy has also directed the officer to investigate the complaint made by a member of the Green Party against former Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea.
Click here to read about Dermot Ahern's claim that members of the Opposition came close to defaming him yesterday.
Meanwhile, Mr Sargent said he has ‘no suspicions’ about how the Evening Herald got a copy of his letter on behalf of his constituent.
Speaking on LMFM, Deputy Sargent echoed the comments by the Taoiseach, dismissing as ‘beneath contempt’ claims by the Opposition that he had been 'taken out' in revenge for Willie O'Dea.
He said the whole matter was being investigated by gardaí and he would await the outcome of that inquiry.
Mr Sargent said he had full confidence in the gardaí to investigate the matter.
Mr McGowan said only he, Mr Sargent and gardaí had copies of the letters and he said that he did not pass the letters on to the newspaper.
White defends Green record
Earlier, Green Party Deputy leader Mary White defended her party's record in Government, despite Mr Sargent's resignation.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Ms White said the Greens had an honourable record in Government.
Eamon Ryan had earlier said he does not know how the story that brought about the resignation of Mr Sargent came out.
Speaking on RTÉ's Prime Time programme last night, the Minister for Communications said it was not for the Green Party to be ‘suspicious’ or ‘to throw stones’.
Minister Ryan was speaking following claims by both Fine Gael and the Labour Party that Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern had questions to answer arising from this affair.
Mr Ahern has emphatically denied leaking the letter that led to the resignation of Mr Sargent as Minister of State for Food & Horticulture, adding that he was sorry to see his colleague go.
