Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

As this is a Government decision, he seemed to signal that the Tánaiste and the Progressive Democrats were the cause of the cruel deception of Deputy Haughey. Many people are upset about it. I call on the Tánaiste to take the opportunity to say whether the Government Chief Whip is correct in allowing it to be inferred that the Tánaiste and Progressive Democrats were responsible.

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