Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Is it like the concept of electronic voting? That was another one. How can the Taoiseach, as head of Government, go on avoiding taking action against any Minister, no matter how great the cock-up inflicted on the taxpayer, who ends up covering the cost? I cannot see what was involved in yesterday's decision other than a formula to get the Taoiseach over the hump of this debacle. Are there other open-ended contracts?

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