The deputy leader of Sinn Féin has described plans by the Government to censure her in the Dáil as a diversionary tactic.
It follows reports the Government Chief Whip will write to the Ceann Comhairle following a finding that she abused Dáil privilege when she named a number of former politicians accusing them of having offshore accounts to evade tax.
All of those named by Deputy McDonald have denied her claims which she made after receiving a dossier from a whistleblower.
Deputy McDonald says she stands by her actions, but would apologise to the six former politicians if a full investigation clears them.
She spoke to Jonathan Healy today about her right to exercise her Dáil privilege and refuted the findings of the Committee of Procedures and Privileges:
