Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It would be far better if the Deputy were to be so gracious as to withdraw such charges. I would never make such misleading charges against a Deputy in this House. It does not become Deputy Burton. If she thinks she can make such charges and that people whose job it is to report to the wider public will publish these charges unchallenged, it suggests there is some foundation to what she alleges. However, what she has said is a total untruth.

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