Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

How can the Taoiseach say with a straight face that he could have accepted the money last week and put it into his political account? This is the whole point. If he put it into his political account, he could only use it for political purposes. He did not put it into his political account; he put it into his personal account. Is that not the whole point? Why does the Taoiseach drag this red herring across it because it has absolutely nothing to do with it?

The Taoiseach referred to the late Mr. Kilroe collecting the money. I refer to his declamation at Ballyjamesduff——

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