Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I am not sure there are too many assistant secretaries who want to get out of Dublin to develop their careers. Dr. Walsh and Professor Bannon are experts on the subject and that is the testimony they gave to the committee. It cannot be dismissed with a wave of the hand and a remark about gombeen men because whatever else one might think about Dr. Walsh and Professor Bannon who have spent a lifetime writing about this issue, one cannot describe them as gombeen men.

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