Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

How could it work if there were all these different pay cycles, people working part-time and people paid fortnightly? However, we knew all that. Is that not the whole point of the exercise?

I do not agree with the Taoiseach that all the people involved are nitwits. These are the people who tried to tell this to the Government and call a halt but were ignored. These are the people who knew a botched job was being made by the consultants, Deloitte & Touche. It would be more appropriate to call them Delighted & Touche because they must be delighted with the kind of money they raked off the Exchequer. Will any action be taken by the Government against the consultants brought into the project and given €50 million? Will the State take any action to recoup the money for making such a botched job of this? This is the money coughed up by people struggling to go to work every day and juggle the responsibilities of family and career to pay their taxes.

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