Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

The Taoiseach needs a rest. He instanced decisions taken when I was at the Cabinet table, but I remind him that last week he eulogised a man with whom he shared the Cabinet table, who shut 22 hospitals between 1987 and 1989. I am not sure what a stroll down memory lane does to address the issues confronting people today. The Taoiseach is fearful about what will happen to the country when I get my hands on the levers of power, but the only thing about which he is really fearful is that he will not be in there with me.

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