Later on Thursday morning, Naughten admitted that he had at least three further private dinners with McCourt in which there were no other Irish officials present and no minutes were taken, said Leo Varadkar.
Naughten told the lower house that having met Leo Varadkar Wednesday night it was clear that the Prime Minister did not have confidence in him and asked him to consider resignation.
In his resignation statement, Naughten defended him by saying that "as Minister I have to meet investors, whether it is in the telecoms or energy or any other sectors. These are the people who provide jobs in this country. That is the context in which I had meetings with Mr.McCourt and that is how it should be seen."
He said that he was "absolutely satisfied " that there was no interference in the procurement process of the broadband project by him.
Naughten is an independent politician who became the country's communications minister in May 2016.
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