Ned O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not compare the Taoiseach to General O'Duffy but an element of the general's arrogance is attaching to him. The most recent example of this was in the Dáil last week when the bank tapes were revealed. The Taoiseach's response was not the same as every other individual in the country, which was to focus on the criminality of the bankers. He directed his ire and animosity against my party and, in particular, he tried to malign the reputations of two sound, honest and decent politicians - Brian Cowen and the late Brian Lenihan - who found themselves in the middle of a huge unprecedented financial storm which engulfed the entire world shortly afterwards. The Taoiseach implied there was an axis of collusion. It was an extraordinarily low moment in Irish politics that any Taoiseach would say that about his predecessor-----