A spokeswoman for Fianna Fáil TD Mr G. V. Wright said he has been advised by his legal advisers not to contact a woman (50) who was struck by his car while investigations are ongoing.
"As soon as it is appropriate he will be apologising to that lady," she added.
Mrs Anne Butler, whose leg was broken in four places after been struck by Mr Wright's car, called on him to contact her and apologise. Mr Wright was arrested after the incident and was found to be under the influence of alcohol. He was on his way home from Leinster House at the time.
In a number of media interviews Mrs Butler said Mr Wright had made no effort to get in touch with her since the incident. She said did not know Mr Wright was the driver of the car until she switched on the news yesterday.
"I could have been buried and he doesn't know the difference," she said.
"Nobody contacted me, nobody. No phone calls, no letters of apology. No cards, not even one flower sent to the hospital just to see whether I was still alive."
Mr Wright issued a statement apologising to the victim yesterday, admitting he was over the alcohol limit while driving.
He apologised unreservedly to Mrs Butler and her family for what he described as a serious lapse of personal responsibility, and he wished her a "complete and expeditious" recovery.
Mrs Butler, a nurse from the North Strand area of Dublin, said her leg was broken in four places and that there was a possibility it could be amputated from the knee down.
She spent seven days in hospital, where two steel rods were placed in her leg, along with a number of bolts and steel pins.
She called on Mr Wright to contact her and explain his actions. "I would like to see him face to face to see what was the point of the Minister for Transport bringing in a points system when obviously it doesn't work with his colleagues."