Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Everybody knows that the outsourcing of such a job must be certified by the European Commission. Now the Government finds it cannot make the payments and it must go back to the drawing board. The Government appears unable to make any simple decision or do any of the simple things well. When that happens to a Government, the best thing the Taoiseach can do if he is really concerned about the interests of the country, as distinct from his own interests and those of his backbenchers who are running scared right around the country, is go to the people now, not after the summer. We have fallen back to 25th place on all these issues, not just in regard to the health services. We have fallen back similarly in the area of broadband.

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