Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in offering condolences to the family of Tim Kennelly on his tragic and premature death. He brought a lot of pleasure to many people's lives in the 1970s.

In a television debate a few nights ago on the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005, the former Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Walsh, bemoaned the trend toward quangos and special offices which take accountability away from this House. Does the Taoiseach think it appropriate, rather than giving us lectures as he has for the past seven or eight years, to ask the Competition Authority——

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