Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

This is supposed to be accountability day. This is supposed to be the day when standards are defined and adhered to. This Taoiseach is still the great evader. I was elected to the House in 1975 while the Taoiseach was elected in 1977. Through those years I have watched his rise through Fianna Fáil as a Minister of State, Whip, Minister and Taoiseach. In all those years in politics, I have never descended to the level of bitter personal activities in this House. That has been my stand for 30 years, it has been my stand in this controversy and it will be my stand in Government. No Member of the Opposition raised the issue of the Taoiseach's sensitive, emotional marital circumstances. These were brought into the public domain by the Taoiseach himself and a litany of Fianna Fáil Ministers over the past 12 days.

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