Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

They are working longer and harder than they ever did before and they want the Government to sort out the hospitals, deal with criminals, drug abuse, anti-social behaviour and the everyday problems they encounter in their communities. Instead of that we get a squabbling Government where in its deepest crisis the Taoiseach fled the country and left them at sixes and sevens. He talks to me about the age of consent when the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform came into this House on Tuesday and said the age should be 16——

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