Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

No. The Taoiseach is always very polite in the face of severe provocation.

Does the Taoiseach not think the time has come to rethink the spending of €665,000 on a report that is not serving its objective, which is to impress the people? It might have seemed a good idea when we were still getting accustomed to the extraordinary growth rates we have had for a dozen years but the people have grown accustomed to them now, they are paying their taxes and they expect to get results. They are interested in the things the Government is not doing rather than seeing the things it is doing being puffed up. For example, what reliance is the average citizen to place on the Government's commitment to implement the health strategy?

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