Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The Tánaiste has joined the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, in making the understatement of the year. He spoke about small change; she speaks about teething problems. In an organisation where €133 million of the public's money had been wasted, heads would roll. However, no head will roll in this case because the Taoiseach will not identify who was responsible for the debacle. If that kind of wastage, lack of commitment or lack of ability was evident in any of the industries in this country, heads would roll but no heads will roll in this case unless they fall off, as happened last week. This attitude typifies the approach of a Government that has become tired and extremely arrogant, as witnessed in the past few days, and one that has been in power for too long. It is suffering from a sense of creeping fatigue.

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