The DUP's Jim Wells has been interviewed by police in relation to comments he made linking child abuse to gay couples.
He spent two hours at Dowpatrick police station on Wednesday morning.
Mr Wells sparked controversy at an election hustings event three months ago when he appeared to link child abuse with homosexual relationships.
The former health minister wrote to the police himself to arrange the interview.
It is believed the police have decided there is no issue to be pursued in relation to another incident in April when Mr Wells was canvassing a house in Rathfriland occupied by a lesbian couple.
However, police are still examining Mr Wells' comments at Downpatrick before deciding whether they constitute a criminal offence.
The South Down MLA told the hustings meeting that children are more likely to be abused in a same-sex relationship.
"You don't bring a child up in a homosexual relationship. That child if far more likely to be abused and neglected," he said.
After initially denying making the comment and saying he had been misrepresented, the DUP veteran was later forced to apologise.
The apology was made after video footage appeared.
His party leader Peter Robinson excused his comments because of the pressure of caring for his seriously ill wife.
Mr Wells then revealed he suffers from narcolespy - a condition that causes extreme sleepliness.
Later that month, the veteran politician announced he would resign his post as health minister.
He said that caring for his wife Grace left him no longer able to continue his ministerial duties and give his wife "the attention she deserves".