Opposition parties have vowed to continue to ask questions of the Justice Minister even after he won a confidence vote.
Alan Shatter won out last night by 88 votes to 45.
Ministers and Government backbenchers praised Mr Shatter's record and rounded on Fianna Fáil for what they called a pointless motion.
But the Opposition remained scathing.
Deputy Mattie McGrath says he still doesn't believe Mr Shatter's account of the checkpoint controversy:
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It emerged last night that Minister Shatter will face a second complaint to the Data Protection Commissioner.
Already a complaint was made by Deputy Mick Wallace over the release of information about him on a TV show.
And Deputy Luke Ming Flanagan says he's making a complaint too:
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Last night, in his contribution to the debate, the embattled Justice Minister insisted he had done nothing wrong.
Mr Shatter said there was a clear aim to "insinuate" that the reason he was unable to complete the breath test was nothing to do with his asthma, but because he was over the limit.
And he said while people could accuse him of being many things, abusing alcohol or drink driving were not things he could be accused of.
